Lost in Spain
Published on 30. June 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-9935101-8-2 (ISBN)
Description
Lost in Spain is the result of the dying wish of author Dave Hadfield's oldest friend's wife, Barb, to have her ashes scattered along the route traced by Laurie Lee when he walked from Gloucester to the Mediterranean in the 1930s.That original journey provided the material for As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, the book upon which, as well as Cider with Rosie, Lee's glittering reputation rests.Lost in Spain is a story of friendship and late-flowering love that is by turns informative, poignant, elegiac and laugh-out-loud funny.These days freed from the constraints of daily journalism, Hadfield has no plans to stop writing. Of his ten books so far, five have been written since he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2008.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leeds
United Kingdom
Illustrations
B & w throughout
Dimensions
Height: 137 mm
Width: 214 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
172 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9935101-8-2 (9780993510182)
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Person
It was the Booker Prize-winning author of Schindler's Ark, Thomas Keneally, who described Dave Hadfield as 'The Poet of Rugby League'. True enough, though the man who has also been called Bolton's answer to Bill Bryson has equally revelled in other subjects, like music in 'All the Rrong Notes' and travel 'Route 63'.After working for newspapers in Shropshire and Blackpool (where he covered the fortunes of Blackpool Borough) he travelled the world, working mainly in Hong Kong and Sydney. He became The Independent's rugby league man in 1990 and played his last game at the age of 53.