Murphy, Gareth

London born but Dublin raised, GARETH MURHPY's childhood under the rain swept skies of Ireland, was enlivened by his father's work as a pioneer concert promoter. Living in a large old house which also served as an office organising gigs for the likes of Thin Lizzy, the Ramones, the Clash and Tom Waits, the author as a boy, attended a Catholic school run by nuns who dictated lessons into his Nature copybook; Giraffes come from Africa. God made Africa. At the weekends, he ran around the Dandelion Market, an indoor bazaar where his mother ran a vintage clothes stall amongst vinyl dealers, pin sel...