Discovering Scarfolk : for tourists & other trespassers
Littler, Richard2014
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Total copies: 1
Scarfolk is a town in north-west England that did not progress beyond 1979. Instead, the entire decade of the 1970s loops }ad infinitum{. A cult hit online with over half a million hits in six months, Scarfolk recreates the darkest childhood memories of the '70s with startling accuracy. "Scarfolk is a town in north-west England that did not progress beyond 1979. The entire decade of the 1970s loops ad infinitum. In Scarfolk children must not be seen OR heard, and everyone has to be in bed by 8 p.m. because they are perpetually running a slight fever..."Part-comedy, part-horror, part-satire, Discovering Scarfolk is the surreal account of a family trapped in the town. Through public information posters, news reports, books, tourist brochures and other ephermera, we learn about the darker side of childhood, school and society in Scarfolk. A massive cult hit online, Scarfolk re-creates with shiver-inducing accuracy and humour our most nightmarish childhood memories. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE RE-READ.
Main title:
Discovering Scarfolk : for tourists & other trespassers / Richard Littler.
Author:
Littler, Richard, author
Imprint:
London : Ebury Press, 2014.
Collation:
191 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm
Notes:
"A Scarfolk Books book".Formerly CIP. UkIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780091958480 (hbk)
Dewey class:
828.9207
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
296685