Tales From Soho - Special Edition

<p>Known as a red-light district with a reputation for sleaze and crime <strong>Soho</strong> is also a diverse area a bohemian location which has been an adult playground for hundreds of years.</p><p>This is <strong>David Barry</strong>'s <strong><em>Tales from Soho</em></strong> eighteen entertaining stories set in London's <em>other</em> square mile. Within the stories live countless motley characters who have inhabited or frequented the area over the decades. In <em>The Poet in Soho</em> we follow a famous Welsh writer on odyssey through a number of famous pubs; in <em>The Spieler</em> a young actor risks a reckoning when he finds himself working in an illegal gambling den - as does an unscrupulous ducker-and-diver in <em>Ronnie's Manor</em>.</p><p>From pimp and prostitute to a rock 'n' roll band at a <strong>Carnaby Street</strong> séance David Barry skilfully makes Soho and its colourful characters come alive on the pages of this collection of earthy tales. <strong>This special edition</strong> not only contains photographs (taken by the author himself) of locations relevant to the stories but also a brief history of the district and some of its more famous pubs.</p><p>This excellent anthology will make a fantastic addition to the bookshelves of fans of tales with a twist those into dark comedy and London-lovers alike.</p>