Overview
He made you cry with laughter with Paint It White, now the celebrated Leeds-supporting, cartoon-drawing, painting-and-decorating eccentric Gary Edwards is back. It turns out that his first book was only an undercoat and now the story of his crazy life following Leeds needs a second coat. No wonder- Edwards, you see, has seen every Leeds game - competitive and friendly anywhere in the world - since 17 January 1968*. During those 37 years, he's been there, done that and bought the T-shirt. So, after subtle prompts from his travelling companions, he's back with more tales that simply would not fit into the first volume. There's barely a pub in the land he can step into without some well-meaning soul coming up to him and demanding, 'Loved the book, Gary! When are you going to do another - with me in it?' So here it is - another fabulously entertaining collection of travelling tales and friends remembered. Eventually. In this follow-up instalment of high gloss and drama, Edwards recounts how he befriended a real-life Leeds-supporting Dalek, convinced Rolf Harris that the earth was flat, was accosted by firemen while trying to paint a fire engine white, appeared on the
Full Product Details
Author: Gary Edwards
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint: Mainstream Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.320kg
ISBN: 9781845960193
ISBN 10: 184596019
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 08 September 2005
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
'Superbly funny. Highly entertaining from start to finish' - Ralph Ineson from The Office, Playing the Field and Heartbeat 'This has to be a great book - it kept my husband away from me at bedtime for weeks!' - Nicki Chapman, Pop Idol judge and TV presenter 'Brilliant - a White good read ...' - Chris Moyles, Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ and Leeds fan born and bred 'Very amusing and a must-read that will appeal to anyone, football fan or not' - Gary Kelly, Leeds United and Republic of Ireland 'When it comes to true fans Gary Edwards takes some beating'. Shoot Monthly
'Superbly funny. Highly entertaining from start to finish' - Ralph Ineson from The Office, Playing the Field and Heartbeat 'This has to be a great book - it kept my husband away from me at bedtime for weeks!' - Nicki Chapman, Pop Idol judge and TV presenter 'Brilliant - a White good read . . .' - Chris Moyles, Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ and Leeds fan born and bred 'Very amusing and a must-read that will appeal to anyone, football fan or not' - Gary Kelly, Leeds United and Republic of Ireland 'When it comes to true fans Gary Edwards takes some beating'. * Shoot Monthly *
Author Information
As well as being a painter and decorator, Edwards is resident cartoonist for the Open University newspaper and magazine and a former contributor to Leeds Leeds Leeds, the official magazine of Leeds United.
