Absolute Beginners de MACINNES, Colin (1914-1976)

London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1959. [Modern Literarure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.223; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth binding, photographic jacket by Roger Mayne priced 15s. No inscriptions, contents clean, one spot to fore-edge. Jacket moderately rubbed, toned to extremities, some wear to spine tips. A very good copy. Youth culture novel about London life in the late 1950s. Basis for the 1986 cult teen drama starring Patsy Kensit, Ray Davies, Sade, Tenpole Tudor and David Bowie, who recorded the title song. Mod revival band The Jam recorded the single 'Absolute Beginners' in 1981; MacInnes' novel was a favourite of songwriter Paul Weller's, being chosen by him when he appeared on Desert Island Discs.