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But - by Boff Whalley (Hardcover)

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Highlights

  • Life's stories are always prone to disruption and digression, thwarting the neat storybook narrative we love so much.
  • Author(s): Boff Whalley
  • 288 Pages
  • Art, Art & Politics

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Book Synopsis



Life's stories are always prone to disruption and digression, thwarting the neat storybook narrative we love so much.

Almost all of our stories follow the same basic pattern: beginning, middle, end: exposition, action and climax. It's a neat and tidy way of telling a story. But life's not like that, is it? Life is not neat and tidy, it doesn't obey the rules. Life's stories--like the stories told here in But, personal and impersonal, historical and contemporary--are punctuated by disruption, derailment, and digression.

Stories where the good guys lose. Stories where the bad girls win. Stories that just stop in the middle. Stories that fizzle out or simply never get going. Stories that don't make sense. Stories that start where they should end and end where they start. Stories that go round in a cyclical loop, forever. Unfinished stories. Unstarted stories. Stories that stutter and mumble, that cough and splutter.

That's what we have here in this book: real stories, that do all of the above. That's why this book is called But. Because the but is there to disrupt the easy normality of the way we tell our stories. This book is a collection of stories about real lives, real people, and real life. Stuttering, wayward, disjointed, funny, ridiculous, and unplanned.



Review Quotes




Praise for Boff's other works:

"Free-thinking and mercurial, [he] is by turns rebellious, exuberant, fierce, kind, funny and invigorating."
--Jay Griffiths, author of Wild

"A stirringly evocative, riveting, hilarious, nostalgic, important book."
--Damian Hall, author of We Can't Run Away from This

"A strange, exhilarating blast of a book, throbbing with energy and sweaty authenticity."
--Richard Aaskwith, author of Feet in the Clouds

"A most enjoyable look at fell running with a punk soundtrack and attitude. It all makes for a great read and I'm happy that Killing Joke may have been along for the ride."
--Big Paul Ferguson, Killing Joke


Dimensions (Overall): 9.06 Inches (H) x 6.22 Inches (W) x 1.42 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.2 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 288
Genre: Art
Sub-Genre: Art & Politics
Publisher: PM Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Boff Whalley
Language: English
Street Date: February 18, 2025
TCIN: 91666666
UPC: 9798887440910
Item Number (DPCI): 247-43-7161
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.42 inches length x 6.22 inches width x 9.06 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.2 pounds
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