Pedro and Ricky Come Again: Selected Writing 1988-2020

Pedro and Ricky Come Again is a landmark publication that collects three decades of writing from one of the most original, provocative, and consistently entertaining voices of our time. It bristles with wit and pin-sharp eloquence, demonstrating Meades's unparalleled range and erudition.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 992 pages
Publication date: 03 March 2022
Publisher: Unbound

Thirty years ago, Jonathan Meades published a remarkable volume of reportorial journalism, essays, criticism, squibs, and fictions titled "Peter Knows What Dick Likes." The critic James Wood was so impressed by Meades's writing that he declared, "When journalism is like this, journalism and literature become one." Pedro and Ricky Come Again is every bit as rich and catholic as its predecessor. It is bigger, darker, funnier, and just as impervious to taste and manners. Meades bristles with wit and pin-sharp eloquence, whether he is contemplating northernness in a German forest or hymning the virtues of slang.

The collection assembled here demonstrates Meades's unparalleled range and erudition, with pieces on cities, artists, sex, England, France, concrete, faith, politics, food, history, and much, much more. From the indefensibility of nationalism and the ubiquitous abuse of the word "iconic" to John Lennon's shopping lists and the wine they call Black Tower, the work demonstrates Meades's unparalleled range and erudition.

This landmark publication collects three decades of writing from one of the most original, provocative, and consistently entertaining voices of our time. Anyone who cares about language and culture should have this book in their life.

Weight: 764g
Dimension: 131 x 198 x 66 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800181427