Dog Days in Soho: One Man's Adventures in 1950's Bohemia

Nigel Richardson

Phoenix, 2000 - Fiction - 231 pages

Nigel Richardson first met Josh Avery when he was a boy, but it was only much later that he got to know him well. Richardson was fascinated by the anecdotes of Avery's life in and around the post-war Soho that included Daniel Farson, William Empson, George Barker, Henrietta Moraes, John Minton, and Francis Bacon. Richardson was never quite sure if the stories were true or not, but it seemed not to matter. In Dog Days in Soho Richardson has woven a life of Josh that might be true in every detail, or might not. Employing the same technique as in his highly acclaimed Breakfast in Brighton, he has produced a book which captures the essence of a time and a place now gone.

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It seems fitting that I bought this book in Soho, London from a porn shop that also has a great 'general' bookstore on the top floor. Usually the dirty stuff is in the basement in these type of stores ...

About the author

Nigel Richardson was the deputy travel editor for London's Daily Telegraph for 13 years and continues to write for the newspaper. "The Wrong Hands" was his first novel.

"From the Paperback edition.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Dog Days in Soho: One Man's Adventures in 1950's Bohemia
• Author: Nigel Richardson
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Phoenix, 2000
• ISBN: 057540342X, 9780575403420
• Length: 231 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Fiction / Action & Adventure; History / Social History