{"product_id":"bill-broady-theres-no-f-in-wonderful","title":"Bill Broady | There's No 'F' In Wonderful","description":"\u003cp\u003e9781784633806\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e06\/07\/26\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e272 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCinzano, furs, and the lost glamour of seventies Leeds clubland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"drop-cap\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"drop-cap-opener\"\u003eAdisillusioned, drug-soaked\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eintellectual is escaping ‘The Heat’ – both literal and metaphorical – by relocating to a new town in the North. What follows is a surreal immersion into the region’s club culture, where fevered dancing, shadowy relationships, and the rituals of nightlife blur the boundaries between reality and delirium. Employment as a croupier leads to encounters with a cast of eccentric figures, none more vivid than Christine – a ‘Superstar Croupier’ whose fierce individuality, joy and pain mark her as the radiant centre of the novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Leeds during the height of the Northern Soul explosion in the seventies,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003eThere’s No ‘F’ in Wonderful\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis at once hilariously funny and deeply unsettling, exploring the magical yet disorienting passage between adolescence and adulthood – a time when anything seems possible, even as the world insists otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBroady has long written for those who remain irrepressibly young in heart and spirit. With\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003eThere’s No ‘F’ in Wonderful\u003c\/cite\u003e, he delivers a strange, glorious celebration of resilience, joy, and defiant living. Or as the book itself insists:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLive! Live! Live!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57830237667710,"sku":"9781784633806","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0983\/7608\/files\/2_a846e684-7bf2-4c94-8a1b-cb162c8c8363.jpg?v=1786452829","url":"https:\/\/www.leftfordeadshop.co.uk\/products\/bill-broady-theres-no-f-in-wonderful","provider":"Left For Dead","version":"1.0","type":"link"}