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Confessions of a Hitch-Hiker
Pan, London, 1972
(first published by André Deutsch in 1970)
The blurb on the back:
'Getting lifts was a piece of cake - not because people are charitable by nature but because we're girls ...
This is the first of the Confessions books, but as far as I can tell, it has nothing whatsoever to do with the likes of Confessions of a Pop Performer. The protagonists are female, the publisher is different and it's the only one written by Adrian Reid - apart from this book, three authors were credited with Confessions, each responsible for several volumes. The style isn't familiar either. According to the Foreword: 'This story was told to me by a young hitch-hiker I met, who called herself George ... Although some names have been changed for obvious reasons, it's essentially a true story.' Obviously I don't know whether it's actually true or not, but you can't imagine Timothy Lea even making the claim. So I don't know whether this actually constitutes part of the series, or whether it just popularized a formulaic title that someone else then nicked. Unfortunately, nor do I care. Because while this isn't quite as poor as the more familiar titles, that's not exactly a recommendation. In fact it wouldn't recognize a recommendation if it was introduced to one. ENTERTAINMENT VALUE: 2/5 HIPNESS QUOTIENT: 1/5 home |