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Chaise longue

Dury, Baxter, 1971-2022
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Methods of parenting and education have progressed in recent years, especially compared to some of the more casually experimental routes inflicted on children of artistic professionals in the 70s and 80s. One experience that would take some beating is that endured by Baxter Dury. When punk rock star Ian Dury disappeared to make films in the late 80s, he left his teenage son in the care of his roadie, in a rundown flat in Hammersmith. But this was no ordinary roadie; this was the Sulphate Strangler. The Strangler, having taken a lot of LSD in the 60s, was prone to depression, anger and hallucinations. He was also, as the name suggests, a drug dealer. What could possibly go wrong? In a period that we can now only imagine, a young Baxter ricocheted from one adventure to another, narrowly swerving one disaster only immediately to collide with another.
Main title:
Chaise longue / Baxter Dury.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Corsair, 2022.
Collation:
224 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2021.
ISBN:
9781472155122 (pbk)
Dewey class:
782.42166092782.42166 DUR782.42166
Language:
English
BRN:
3268529
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