Peace, Love, and Petrol Bombs, by D. D. Johnston
“You want to hear Spocky’s explanation of capitalism? No, of course you don’t. No one wants to hear Spocky’s explanation of capitalism.”
No, you don’t want to hear Mr. Spocky, but you DO want to hear Johnston’s account of a hapless Scottish burger-flipper’s encounters with Europe’s Anarchist protest movement during the World Bank Summit of 2000.
Think, "Occupy" Meets Trainspotting. With laffs.
Punks, hippies, anarchists, vegans, and the police converge from across Europe, tear gas is thrown, bombs are flung, and all hell breaks loose.
D.D. Johnston’s writing is playful, creative, and a real joy to listen to. He has a knack for dialogue and capturing the zeal for language in the young, and alliances made and broken on strangers couches of Europe.
A boisterous romp, Peace, Love, and Petrol Bombs gets to the heart of outcast culture, and political theory all while making you laugh out loud.
Narrated by Roger Clark, a whiz with the variety of accents and has impeccable comic timing in this reading.
--Willow Pennell