Hoi Polloi

Hoi Polloi
Author :
Publisher : Black Inc.
Total Pages : 210
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781921870279
ISBN-13 : 1921870273
Rating : 4/5 (273 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Hoi Polloi by : Craig Sherborne

Download or read book Hoi Polloi written by Craig Sherborne and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hilariously compelling memoir that was hailed as an instant classic. Hoi Polloi recounts a childhood spent on racetracks and in bars, as the author’s parents struggle to climb the social ladder. It begins in 1968 in the small town of Heritage, New Zealand. Living above the bar of his family’s hotel, the young Craig is exposed to violence, drinking and murky racial politics. His parents, whom Sherborne thinks of as “Winks” and “Heels” in his eccentric personal language, decide to sell the hotel and move to Sydney, Australia – which they imagine as New Zealand’s “England”, a place of boundless wealth, prestige and social opportunities. Once in Sydney, the family begins a love affair with the racing scene. Written with extraordinary sympathy and verve, Hoi Polloi is the portrait of an extraordinary childhood – brutal, poignant and unforgettable. ‘Craig Sherborne has written one of the great Australian memoirs ... Hoi Polloi is a pure comic outrage of a book that will keep you wide-eyed with wonder way past dawn.’ —Peter Craven ‘A lyrical, candid memoir ... Sherborne’s parents are reanimated as tragi-comic grotesques, irresistibly awful, touchingly ludicrous, mordantly sensitive and painfully funny’ —Times ‘I read the first sentence and then pushed the day’s work aside and sat down to read it all. I haven’t come across such a lively and gripping memoir in a long time.’ —Hilary Mantel ‘A brilliant, searing memoir and a major new work of life writing.’ —David McCooey, Australian Book Review ‘A scalding memoir, funny, fast-moving, shot through with a fierce pathos.’ —Helen Garner


Hoi Polloi Related Books

Hoi Polloi
Language: en
Pages: 210
Authors: Craig Sherborne
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-30 - Publisher: Black Inc.

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The hilariously compelling memoir that was hailed as an instant classic. Hoi Polloi recounts a childhood spent on racetracks and in bars, as the author’s pare
Hobnobbing with the Hoi Polloi
Language: en
Pages: 32
Authors: Val Hughes
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-22 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

People often cause the poetic gene to start twitching. A funny walk, a way of being, something someone says or purely the observation of personal behaviours can
The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style
Language: en
Pages: 540
Authors: Houghton Mifflin Company
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Survey of English usage, grammar, and style offering guidance on almost any writing problem imaginable.
The Oxford Dictionary of Difficult Words
Language: en
Pages: 474
Authors: Archie Hobson
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Features more than 10,000 entries that focus exclusively on words that, while outside most people's working vocabulary, are often encountered in literature, in
Rich People Things
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Chris Lehmann
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Haymarket Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Social criticism at its scorching-hot best."--Barbara Ehrenreich "Think H.L. Mencken crossed with Jon Stewart."--The Phoenix In Rich People Things, Chris Lehma