Dead Leaves

De: Andrew David Barker

Narrado por: Josh Shirt

The year is 1983, the boom of the video age, and Scott Bradley is 17, unemployed, and on the dole. Drifting through life, he and his friends love nothing more than to sit around drinking, talking about girls, and watching horror movies. But things are about to change.

As the "video nasty" media storm descends, their desire to find a copy of the ultimate horror film - The Evil Dead - is going to lead them to the most significant days of their young lives. As the law tightens and their way of life comes under threat from all quarters, they come to learn what truly matters to them.

A heartfelt story of friendship, loyalty, and youthful rebellion, Dead Leaves is a darkly funny and brutally honest depiction of aimless life in a Midland town and perfectly captures the impact those first few years of video had on a generation.

©2015 Andrew David Barker (P)2020 Andrew David Barker

"Got that one in the back of me van, lad."

"At 17, horror films were everything to me" confesses Scott Bradley, lead protagonist in the book. who wanted, one day, to make films himself. And there was one title above all that he and his close mates wants to see, the illusive Evil Dead. It was Derby, England in the first half of the 1 980s and campaigner for moral hygene, Mary Whitehkuse, had invited a moral panic against 'video nasties' which resulted in po!I've raids and a sense of rebellion against state interference. This is a coming of age slice of time for Scott, his pals and the country.
Such an evocation of time and place for those who remember it and an interesting glimpse for those who don't at a time, not too long ago, before cell phones and the internet. All written in a way to take the reader straight back in time. The narratikn, by Josh Shirt, is spot on, too, his English Midlands accent perfectly representing the first person recounting by the main character. An excellent performance.

A look back into a different time, and inside a nerdy seventeen years old boy's mind. It was crude, funny, unexpected, exciting and far more than I had expected. I loved it. My deep thanks to the rights holder of Dead Leaves, who, at my request, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy via Audiobook Boom. I recommend it to averyone, young and old alike: it sums up impressions of an era.as well as the years and hopes of coming of age.

Coming of age... and horror films

This book is great. It's about teenage friendship, a love of horror films, how a film career begins, and that moment when the rare individual chooses to follow their own crazy dreams and not choose the expected, safe path.
I'd never heard of "video nasties" before this book so I even learned a little something.
I really enjoyed the book.
Josh Shirt is a wonderful narrator. I'd love to listen to more of his work. He so effortlessly narrates this story that I hardly even realized a book was being read to me. It felt more as if the author was just telling me his story.
I was provided this book upon request and requested to leave an honest review.

Loved it!

Bruce Campbell is a god in my book…. So anything that even mentions the Evil dead has my attention.
I loved this story. Would have like a little bit more at the end as it is short. I don’t want to spoil anything….. but….. when they actually watch the movie I’d love like a play by play of their reactions.
Narration by Josh Shirt was exceptional!
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Dead eaves

Good story.Josh Shirt was a good narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.' 

Great fun

As an American I never had to deal with the Video Nasties, but I had the D&D, Music, and Video Game panics of the 80's and 90's to deal with here so this was something I could connect with. very well. It was interesting to see how other countries deal with such panics.

I received a copy of this book at my request in exchange for a fair review.