Spotted this and could not resist picking it up as it was on my wishlist.

In many respects this is a coming of age novel set mainly in 1970's London against a background of the emergence of Punk Rock and political turmoil leading to the rise to ascendancy of Margaret Thatcher.

There is no neat ending and at times reads autobiographical. Rather the novel is pointedly political and highly critical of British racism making it at times uncomfortable reading . On the whole I enjoyed the author's writing style and I often found myself reading it with a smile on my face despite not overly taking to any of the main characters. Yet how it portrays teenage life in 1970s London, confronting disturbing home truths about British attitudes towards immigrants, which still remain within a section of British society today, means that this book deserves to be more widely read.

Spotted this on a wishlist so going off to hopefully make a new friend. Enjoy!

The postman delivered this wishlist book to me today. Thank you very much for sending it to me x

From your review it doesn't sound at all as I imagined and actually sounds a far more interesting book than I previously thought!