{"product_id":"noisy-at-the-wrong-times-9781473629400","title":"Noisy at the Wrong Times","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Hugely entertaining and inspiring'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times'' \u003c\/i\u003e100 biographies to love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe inspirational and colourful memoir of Michael Volpe, the general manager of Opera Holland Park. The son of Italian immigrants, he and his brothers were raised by his mother on a council estate in West London, before he attended Woolverstone Hall, a prestigious state boarding school designed to give bright inner city boys the opportunity of a public school education. Set against a backdrop of nuns, hit men, ice cream vans, rugby, gangsters, strict school masters and music, \u003ci\u003eNoisy at the Wrong Times \u003c\/i\u003eis the vibrant, funny, inspiring story of a boy who was given a chance - though whether he took it or not is another question...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAS SEEN ON BBC ARTS'' HIP HOP 2 OPERA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hugely entertaining and inspiring' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e - The Sunday Times\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'You'll laugh, you'll cry. Life affirming' Fiona Maddocks, Opera critic for the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Volpe is a skilled and persuasive writer, and lets the extraordinary facts of his story do the talking' Sinfini Music - Sinfini Music","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49084007055703,"sku":"9781473629400","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473629400.jpg?v=1725550747","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/noisy-at-the-wrong-times-9781473629400","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}