Book description
The legendary lost novel in which fourteen-year-old Preston Wildey-King must choose between his all-consuming passion for Pepsi Cola and his love for schoolmate Peggy.
"He walked into the turbulent super market. There were people everywhere. His eyes swept over the shelves and stabilised on a large stack of Pepsi-colas. He…
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1 author picked The Pepsi Cola Addict as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Impossible to find and on my wish list for years, there was always a fear that the author’s fascinating true-life story might overshadow her fiction. However, this book immediately struck an emotional, nostalgic chord and has remained on my mind throughout the year.
In the early 80s, a troubled American teen battles with unrequited love, criminal activity and addiction to a certain soft drink. As was common for most British kids of that era, the US is portrayed as an escapist dream world, filtered through music and magazines, rather than any form of reality.
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