Geoff Deane

From Mohair Suits and Kinky Boots: How Music, Clothes and Going Out Shaped My Life and Upset My Mother

$39.99
Write a Review
Gift wrapping:
Options available

Description Hide Description- Show Description+

As the lead singer of Modern Romance he toured the world, as the screenwriter of Kinky Boots he conquered Hollywood, now comes Geoff Deane’s latest act as a brilliant and witty ranconteur in this hilarious memoir.

Geoff Deane has worked as a fly-pitcher selling out of a suitcase, and flogged suits on Brick Lane market in London’s East End. He was the singer in a much-loved culty punk band the Leyton Buzzards, a floppy-haired pop star in Modern Romance, a songwriter, and record producer. He wrote a gay anthem for John Waters drag queen muse Divine, worked as journalist and restaurant critic for style magazines The Face and Arena, before becoming a successful writer and producer of TV comedy. And then he wrote a couple of films, one of which, Kinky Boots, became a Tony Award winning Broadway stage show. With a cast ranging from local oddballs to international celebrities, Geoff Deane’s unique take on the world is only matched by his extraordinarily rich use of language, with a smattering of Cockney rhyming slang, Yiddish and Polari. A glossary is provided.

Author: Geoff Deane

Hardback Published October 2023 272 pages

'A very funny book packed with very funny stories, written by a very funny and often peculiar man.’ Jonathan Ross.

‘The Samuel Pepys of East London.’ Maurice Gran.

 

Subscribe to our newsletter

Get the latest updates on new products and upcoming sales

No thanks