Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

Alan Partridge, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons et Steve Coogan

ISBN 10: 1398719218 / ISBN 13: 9781398719217

Published by Orion, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
• Publisher: Orion
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1398719218
• ISBN 13: 9781398719217
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Comme neuf

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Synopsis

In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the odds. TWICE.

Using an innovative 'dual narrative' structure you sometimes see in films, Big Beacon tells the story of how Partridge heroically rebuilt his TV career, rising like a phoenix from the desolate wasteland of local radio to climb to the summit of Mount Primetime and regain the nationwide prominence his talent merits.

But then something quite unexpected and moving, because Big Beacon also tells the story of a selfless man, driven to restore an old lighthouse to its former glory, motivated by nothing more than respect for a quietly heroic old building that many take for granted, which some people think is a metaphor for Alan himself even though it's not really for them to say.*

Leaving his old life behind and relocating to a small coastal village in Kent, Alan battles through adversity, wins the hearts and minds of a suspicious community, and ultimately shows himself to be a quite wonderful man.

*The two strands will run in tandem, their narrative arcs mirroring each other to make the parallels between the two stories abundantly clear to the less able reader.