The Mumper promo film..."The Silencer"Group shot of the castMorrison Thomas as 'Alfie'Eugene Manzi as 'Gudger'Robin Laine as 'Thimble'Ian Moore as 'Fred The Shoe'
Simon Sherlock as 'Dave'Henry Maynard as 'Bax'Joe Rainbow as The O'sh'Photos by Etienne Koenig
"It's the Red Rum of Reads!" Gary Crowley DJ and Broadcaster
"As a north London boy I was a little concerned about taking an adventure over the water, but The Mumper was a truly enjoyable journey into the heart of the deep south."Robert Elms - BBC London 94.9 fm
"Its a funny, moving, lyrical account beautifully written in the argot of south east London. MAGNIFICENT ... really fabulous stuff, brilliantly written and completely captivating. I can't recommend it highly enough." Matthew Norman - Evening Standard
When I was twenty-one it was a very good year. It was a very good year for city girls who lived up the stair. With all that perfumed hair, and it came undone when I was twenty-one.............
What's a Mumper I hear you ask?It's an old English word for a Ponce or Scrounger, as in "You're a Mumper son".
Mump·er n.A beggar; a begging impostor.Deceived by the tales of a Lincoln's Inn mumper. Macaulay.
The story of The Mumper is set in 1985, and features seven South London Characters who get involved in life dreams and schemes.
On one page you'll piss yourself laughing...on another page you'll cry your eye's out. It's all in here... Life, Death and everything in between.
Paolo Hewitt, ex NME journalist, is a well known author and broadcaster with 20 books to his name. He is the author of The Sharper Word: A Mod Anthology, The Soul Stylists, The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw: The Robin Friday Story, The Looked After Kid, All Too Beautiful, the story of Steve Marriott and The Fashion of Football, co-written with Mark Baxter.
Mark Baxter is a former shop owner, club owner, DJ and current manager of the band Darron J Connett. He was born with a passion for '60's clothing, Tubby Hayes and Millwall Football Club. The Mumper is his second book with Paolo. The first book being the celebrated, cult classic The Fashion of Football, which was voted one of the 50th Best Football Books of All Time, by the esteemed magazine Four Four Two. Check out www.footballandfashion.co.uk for further details.
The Mumper was published at www.lulu.com in the Summer of 2007 on Mono Media Books, which is based in London and Sorrento, Italy... Simply press this button to purchase the book
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