Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
LONDON, WINTER 1984.Shane Westward is twenty-four, skint, loud-mouthed and certain that the Blues can fix almost anything. He fronts The King Biscuits, a Covent Garden street band surviving on music, nerve and whatever their bottlers Tina and Mags can charm from the crowd.Their patch is prime busking real estate. Leicester Square is better.There is only one problem. Leicester Square belongs to Ray the Dog, the feared ’king of the queues’, a violent street enforcer who has no intention of sharing his territory with anyone.When Shane decides that London’s pavements belong to whoever has the nerve to play them, a row over a busking pitch becomes something far more dangerous. Friendships are tested, loyalties harden and the Biscuits discover that defending their freedom may cost considerably more than they ever expected.Funny, filthy, musical and increasingly dark, THE BIG BUSK is a story of friendship, working-class London and the thin line between standing your ground and going too far.Inspired by Duncan McCowan’s own years performing with The King Biscuits on the streets of London.
