A Class Act : Life as a working-class man in a middle-class world
(2021)

Nonfiction

eAudiobook

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2021
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (4hr., 56 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9780008468200 MWT16958935, 0008468206 16958935
LANGUAGE
English
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Narrator not specified

Rob Beckett never seems to fit in. At work, in the middle-class world of television and comedy, he's the laddy, cockney geezer but to his mates down the pub in south-east London, he's the theatrical one, a media luvvy. Even his wife and kids are posher than him. In this hilarious exploration of class, Rob tries to understand the life he lived growing up as a working-class kid in comparison to the life he lives now. Will he ever favour a craft beer over strong lager? When did it become normal for kids to eat sushi? Is he still working class? Why does he feel so embarrassed about success? And, will it ever be acceptable to serve pie mash on a wooden board? Tackling the questions big and small, is a funny, candid, often moving account of what it feels like to be an outsider and why actually that's the best (slightly awkward) place to be

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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