The Colour of Memory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781555976774)

The first novel, in revised form, from "possibly the best living writer in Britain" (The Daily Telegraph)

In The Colour of Memory, six friends plot a nomadic course through their mid-twenties as they scratch out an existence in near-destitute conditions in 1980s South London. They while away their hours drinking cheap beer, landing jobs and quickly squandering them, smoking weed, dodging muggings, listening to Coltrane, finding and losing a facsimile of love, collecting unemployment, and discussing politics in the way of the besotted young--as if they were employed only by the lives they chose.
In his vivid evocation of council flats and pubs, of a life lived in the teeth of romantic ideals, Geoff Dyer provides a shockingly relevant snapshot of a different Lost Generation.

Author: Geoff Dyer
ISBN-10: 1555976778
ISBN-13: 9781555976774
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Language: English
Published: 05/20/2014
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.52w x 0.91d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/03/2014
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2014
New York Times Book Review 06/22/2014 pg. 18