| Author: | David F. Ross | ISBN: | 9781495655074 |
| Publisher: | Orenda Books | Publication: | February 21, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Orenda Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | David F. Ross |
| ISBN: | 9781495655074 |
| Publisher: | Orenda Books |
| Publication: | February 21, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Orenda Books |
| Language: | English |
It's the year punk rock was born, Concorde entered commercial service, and a tiny Romanian gymnast changed the sport forever. Archie Blunt is a man with big ideas. He just needs a break for them to be realized. In a bizarre brush with the light-entertainment business, Archie unwittingly saves the life of the UK's top showbiz star, Hank "Heady" Hendricks, and now dreams of hitting the big-time as a Popular Music Impresario. Seizing the initiative, he creates a new singing group with five unruly working-class kids from Glasgow's East End. Together, they make the finals of a televised Saturday-night talent show, and before they know it, fame and fortune beckon for Archie and The High Five. But there's a complication; a trail of irate Glaswegian bookies, corrupt politicians, and a determined Scottish WPC known as The Tank are all on his tail . . . A hilarious and poignant nod to the elusivity of stardom, in an age when making it was "having it all," Welcome to the Heady Heights is also a dark, laugh-out-loud comedy, a heart-warming tribute to a bygone age and a delicious drama about desperate men, connected by secrets and lies, by accidents of time and, most of all, the city they live in.
It's the year punk rock was born, Concorde entered commercial service, and a tiny Romanian gymnast changed the sport forever. Archie Blunt is a man with big ideas. He just needs a break for them to be realized. In a bizarre brush with the light-entertainment business, Archie unwittingly saves the life of the UK's top showbiz star, Hank "Heady" Hendricks, and now dreams of hitting the big-time as a Popular Music Impresario. Seizing the initiative, he creates a new singing group with five unruly working-class kids from Glasgow's East End. Together, they make the finals of a televised Saturday-night talent show, and before they know it, fame and fortune beckon for Archie and The High Five. But there's a complication; a trail of irate Glaswegian bookies, corrupt politicians, and a determined Scottish WPC known as The Tank are all on his tail . . . A hilarious and poignant nod to the elusivity of stardom, in an age when making it was "having it all," Welcome to the Heady Heights is also a dark, laugh-out-loud comedy, a heart-warming tribute to a bygone age and a delicious drama about desperate men, connected by secrets and lies, by accidents of time and, most of all, the city they live in.
