The Boy with the Topknot

Informationen zum Autor Sathnam Sanghera was born to Punjabi immigrant parents in Wolverhampton in 1976. He entered the education system unable to speak English but went on to graduate from Christ's College, Cambridge with a first class degree in English Language and Literature. He has been shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards twice, for his memoir The Boy With The Topknot and his novel Marriage Material . Empireland has been longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, was named a Book of the Year at the National Book Awards of 2022, and inspired both the Channel 4 series Empire State of Mind and Sanghera's children's book about the British empire Stolen History . He lives in London. Klappentext Sathnam Sanghera was born in 1976. He is an award-winning journalist who was previously chief feature writer at The Financial Times and now works for The Times . He lives in London. This is his first book. Zusammenfassung For the author, growing up in Wolverhampton in the eighties was a confusing business. On the one hand, these were the heady days of George Michael mix-tapes, Dallas on TV and, if he was lucky, the occasional Bounty Bar. This title tells his story.

Product details

• Authors: Sathnam Sangher, Sathnam Sanghera, Sanghera Sathnam
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2009
• EAN: 9780141028590
• ISBN: 978-0-14-102859-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, Warwickshire, West Midlands, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Coping with mental health issues, News media and journalism, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Relating to British South Asian people, Social groups: religious groups and communities, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs