RAMBLE BK EB
About this book
A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
'An affectionate and revealing account … Funny, sad, real, rueful.' The Times
'Warm, rambling and self-aware' Guardian
The long-awaited, rambling, tender, and very funny memoir from Adam Buxton
Ramble
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Verb
1. walk for pleasure in the countryside.
'Dr Buckles and Rosie the dog love rambling in the countryside.'
2. talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way.
'Adam rambles on about lots of consequential, compelling and personal matters in his tender, insightful, hilarious and totally unconfused memoir, Ramble Book.'
Ramble Book is about parenthood, boarding school trauma, arguing with your partner, bad parties, confrontations on trains, friendship, wanting to fit in, growing up in the 80s, dead dads, teenage sexual anxiety, failed artistic endeavours, being a David Bowie fan; and how everything you read, watch and listen to as a child forms a part of the adult you become.
It's also a book about the joys of going off topic and letting your mind wander.
And it's about a short, hairy, frequently confused man called Adam Buxton.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Note to Readers
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Beginning of the End
- Chapter 2. Will You Accept the Charges?
- Chapter 3. 1980
- Chapter 4. First-class Bastard
- Chapter 5. 1981
- Chapter 6. Argument with Wife Log
- Chapter 7. 1982
- Chapter 8. Castle Buckles Welcomes Nigel Buxton
- Chapter 9. 1983
- Chapter 10. Brompton, Unfolded
- Chapter 11. 1984
- Chapter 12. Adam and Joe’s School Projects
- Chapter 13. 1985
- Chapter 14. Fun Dad
- Chapter 15. 1986
- Chapter 16. Dogfun
- Chapter 17. 1987
- Chapter 18. Random Thoughts Concerning Old Age
- Chapter 19. 1988
- Chapter 20. 1989
- Chapter 21. BaaadDad
- Chapter 22. Check-out Time
- Photo Section
- Acknowledgements
- About the Publisher
