Award winner at the Somerset Maugham Awards 2009.
A stunning novel set in the 1970’s and 80’s covering a myriad of social topics from mixed race marriage, homosexuality, drugs, race, family relations. We begin with a story of love and hope but the dream soon falters under the stresses and strains brought on my a society that is not accepting to anything against the ‘norm’. Although perhaps a bleak novel it is totally absorbing and an honest look at a time that although holds fond memories for a lot of us was also a time of hardship for many.
On the coldest night of 1975, a young man with shock-red hair tears though the snowbound streets of Warrington's toughest housing estate. He is Robbie Fitzgerald, and he is running for his life - and that of his young family. In his heart, Robbie knows the odds are stacked against them.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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On the coldest night of 1975, a young man with shock-red hair tears though the snowbound streets of Warrington's toughest housing estate. He is Robbie Fitzgerald, and he is running for his life - and that of his young family.
Once Upon A Time In England features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Book Club Recommendations, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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Once Upon A Time In England was written by Helen Walsh and published by Canongate Books
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