
Something in Linoleum
A Thirties Education
Paul Vaughan(Author)
Faber & Faber (Publisher)
Published on 18. August 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-571-28161-9 (ISBN)
Description
As a boy in 1934 Paul Vaughan unwittingly became part of a social trend - a great mass migration to the outskirts of London - as his family moved from Brixton to booming New Malden, where their new semi was a mere stroll away from countryside. This was Suburbia, and its outlook was not entirely promising. But Vaughan was so fortunate as to find an inspirational headmaster - John Garrett - at his local grammar school, which boasted a school song composed by Garrett's friend W.H. Auden. In due course he would find his way to Oxford; but as this evocative account testifies, New Malden would never quite leave him.
'Wonderfully readable, wonderfully wry.' Edward Blishen, TES
'Recalled with a Betjemanesque affection and eye for detail.' Peter Parker, Telegraph
'Wonderfully readable, wonderfully wry.' Edward Blishen, TES
'Recalled with a Betjemanesque affection and eye for detail.' Peter Parker, Telegraph
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-28161-9 (9780571281619)
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