Items related to Truant: Notes from the Slippery Slope
At thirteen Horatio Clare was a boarder at a boy's public school, a privileged member of an apparently blessed generation. A rebel - one of those who detested the system, who thought it not just fun but right to break its laws - he was expelled for smoking dope. He became one of the thousands who gleefully ignored the warnings and set out, in search of experience and intensity, to slalom on the slippery slope. He was a truant in its original sense: one who beggars himself through choice, not necessity. From university campuses to the rooftops of New York; from Brixton basements to fear and loathing in mid Devon, through psychosis, mania and depression, from sanity to madness and back again, this is a portrait drawn from a generation that turned to drugs. And it is a search for understanding: why do we do these things, and what do they do to us What were we looking for and what did we find
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherJohn Murray
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0719569176
- ISBN 13 9780719569173
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 13.40
Shipping:
US$ 2.64
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Truant
Published by
John Murray
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0719569176
ISBN 13: 9780719569173
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 5443920-n
Buy New
US$ 13.40
Convert currency
Seller Image
Truant (Paperback)
Published by
John Murray Press, London
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0719569176
ISBN 13: 9780719569173
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'I m going to tell the truth', I said suddenly, 'about what we did and why, and what it did to us.' At thirteen Horatio Clare was a boarder at a boy's public school, a privileged member of an apparently blessed generation. A rebel - one of those who detested the system, who thought it not just fun but right to break its laws - he was expelled for smoking dope. He became one of the thousands who gleefully ignored the warnings and set out, in search of experience and intensity, to slalom on the slippery slope.He was a truant in its original sense: one who beggars himself through choice, not necessity. From university campuses to the rooftops of New York; from Brixton basements to fear and loathing in Mid Devon, through psychosis, mania and depression, from sanity to madness and back again, this is a portrait drawn from a generation that turned to drugs. And it is a search for understanding: why do we do these things, and what do they do to us? What were we looking for and what did we find? 'I'm going to tell the truth', I said suddenly, 'about what we did and why, and what it did to us.' Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780719569173
Buy New
US$ 16.05
Convert currency
Stock Image
Truant
Published by
John Murray Press 2008-04-03, London
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0719569176
ISBN 13: 9780719569173
New
paperback
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9780719569173
Buy New
US$ 13.07
Convert currency
Stock Image
Truant
Published by
John Murray Press
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0719569176
ISBN 13: 9780719569173
New
Paperback / softback
Quantity: 4
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. 'I'm going to tell the truth', I said suddenly, 'about what we did and why, and what it did to us.'. Seller Inventory # B9780719569173
Buy New
US$ 11.57
Convert currency
Stock Image
Truant: Notes from the Slippery Slope
Published by
John Murray
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0719569176
ISBN 13: 9780719569173
New
Paperback
Quantity: 4
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Seller Inventory # 9780719569173-GDR
Buy New
US$ 11.95
Convert currency
Stock Image
Truant: Notes From The Slippery Slope
Published by
John Murray General Publishing Division
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0719569176
ISBN 13: 9780719569173
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 320 pages. 7.76x5.04x0.91 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __0719569176
Buy New
US$ 12.03
Convert currency
Stock Image
Truant: Notes from the Slippery Slope
Published by
John Murray
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0719569176
ISBN 13: 9780719569173
New
Softcover
Quantity: 4
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9780719569173_new
Buy New
US$ 12.23
Convert currency
Stock Image
Truant: Notes from the Slippery Slope
Published by
John Murray
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0719569176
ISBN 13: 9780719569173
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 58d1bdb762bb51bd87a302ae3418c2f5
Buy New
US$ 17.54
Convert currency
Stock Image
Truant
Published by
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0719569176
ISBN 13: 9780719569173
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. 'I'm going to tell the truth', I said suddenly, 'about what we did and why, and what it did to us.' Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218. . 2008. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780719569173
Buy New
US$ 15.24
Convert currency
Stock Image
Truant
Published by
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0719569176
ISBN 13: 9780719569173
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. 'I'm going to tell the truth', I said suddenly, 'about what we did and why, and what it did to us.' Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218. . 2008. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780719569173
Buy New
US$ 16.54
Convert currency