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Greetings from Bury Park (Blinded by the Light Movie Tie-In) Blinded by the Light

ID 367603
Slug greetings-from-bury-park-blinded-by-the-light-movie-tie-in-blinded-by-the-light-sarfraz-manzoor
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Description A charming memoir about the impact of Bruce Springsteen's music on a Pakistani boy growing up in 1970s Britain. Sarfraz Manzoor was two years old when, in 1974, he emigrated from Pakistan to Britain with his mother, brother, and sister. He spent his teenage years in a constant battle, trying to reconcile being both British and Muslim, trying to fit in at school and at home. But when his best friend introduced him to the music of Bruce Springsteen at age sixteen, his life changed completely. From the moment Manzoor heard the opening lines to ''The River,'' Springsteen became his personal muse, a lens through which he was able to view the rest of his life. Both a tribute to The Boss and a story of personal discovery, Blinded by the Light (originally published as Greetings from Bury Park) is a warm, irreverent, and exceptionally perceptive memoir about how music transcends religion and race. Featuring a new afterword by the author.
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Publisher Vintage
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Language eng
Page count 288
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Publication date first 2019-01-01
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