{"product_id":"bliss-to-be-alive-2020-edition-the-collected-writings-of-gavin-hills-paperback","title":"Bliss To Be Alive (2020 edition): The Collected Writings of Gavin Hills - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheryl Garratt\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGavin Hills\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"To come across Gavin in person or in anecdote was always a pleasure. He was an inspiration and.. a true journalist\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - James Brown \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGavin Hills wrote about football and nightclubs, computer games and drugs. He reported on wars and famine, child soldiers in Africa, guerillas in South America and his own struggles with mental health at home. And also about football casuals, parties in Eurodisney and the Berlin Love Parade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe won an Amnesty International Award for his reporting. He got marriage proposals from his readers. He was loved by everyone who met him, and by quite a few others who had only read his words. His writing could be hilarious and heart-breaking, sometimes even in the same sentence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe wrote for \u003cem\u003eThe Face\u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Idler, \u003c\/em\u003e for national newspapers and skateboard magazines. He founded \u003cem\u003ePhat, \u003c\/em\u003e the short-lived but innovative lads mag that inspired \u003cem\u003eLoaded\u003c\/em\u003e. He edited the official Manchester United and England football magazines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelected by his long-time editor at \u003cem\u003eThe Face\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, Sheryl Garratt, with a new foreword by Miranda Sawyer, \u003cem\u003eBliss to be Alive\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique journey through the late eighties and nineties with this brilliant and much-missed writer. One of the most original journalists of his generation, he died tragically in May 1997. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An inspirational catalyst, Hills' writing lights up the page\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - Robert Newman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Big, beautiful, bonkers, a little balding, bold and brave like a lion, a true crusader. Nothing I write about Gavin is good enough: not funny enough, not wild enough or tender enough, and it doesn't do what In want to, which is make him alive again.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - Miranda Sawyer\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 346\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785053045024,"sku":"9781838063320","price":25.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/458c531fb23140f242eeba5aa92b1072.webp?v=1780611429","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bliss-to-be-alive-2020-edition-the-collected-writings-of-gavin-hills-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}