Monday, December 17, 2012

the last book I ever read (Pete Townshend's Who I Am, excerpt three)



from Who I Am: A Memoir by Pete Townshend:

Keith, John and I bought a 1936 Packard V12 hearse for £30, drove it home from Swindon and parked it outside my flat. At some point it disappeared. I feared it had been stolen, but when I reported this the police told me it had been towed away. Someone important had complained about it.

Out of nowhere I received a call from a man who wanted to buy the Packard. It emerged it had been impounded at the request of the Queen Mother. She had to pass it every day, and complained that it reminded her of her late husband’s funeral. The bill to recover the car was over £200, and absurdly large sum of money, but the buyer offered to pay the fee in return for ownership. I agreed, and resentfully dedicated ‘My Generation’ to the Queen Mother.



1 comment:

  1. Really one of the funniest passages in the book!
    (I am translating Pete's book into Italian and stumbled here while looking for images of a "Packard V12 hearse")

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