Please, Mister Postman (book) explained
Please, Mister Postman is the second volume of memoirs by Alan Johnson, first published in 2014.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The title is a reference to the Beatles' cover of the song of the same name, and to Johnson's past as a postman.[6]
Johnson begins the book at Christmas 1967 when, as a 17-year-old he was an aspiring rock musician, working as a shelf stacker and living in lodgings in Hammersmith. Within the next year he had married, become a father and step-father and started a career at the Post Office.
Awards and honours
Notes and References
- News: Mullin. Chris. Please, Mr Postman and Sailing Close to the Wind reviews – Alan Johnson and Dennis Skinner's memoirs. 29 October 2014. The Observer. 21 September 2014.
- News: Lewis. Helen. Please, Mister Postman review – a charming sequel from Alan Johnson. 29 October 2014. The Guardian. 9 October 2014.
- News: Wilby. Peter. Alan Johnson's Please, Mister Postman: the best political testament I have ever read. 29 October 2014. New Statesman. 2 October 2014.
- News: Rentoul. John. Alan Johnson, Please, Mister Postman, book review: An elegy to a time not so long gone. 29 October 2014. The Independent. 21 September 2014.
- News: Engel. Matthew. 'Please, Mister Postman', by Alan Johnson. 29 October 2014. The Financial Times. 26 September 2014.
- Web site: Boy, can Alan Johnson write. The Spectator. 2 December 2014.
- Web site: David Nicholls and David Walliams win top prizes at National Book Awards . . Alison Flood . 27 November 2014 . March 14, 2015.
