The boy with the topknot
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- 9780141028590
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | TBS Barcelona Libre acceso | P-EN SAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | B04154 |
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P-EN RUI The shadow of the wind | P-EN SAI It would be night in Caracas | P-EN SAM The last library | P-EN SAN The boy with the topknot | P-EN SAN Marriage material | P-EN SHA The island of missing trees | P-EN SHA The priory of the orange tree |
For Sathnam Sanghera, growing up in Wolverhampton in the eighties was a confusing business. On the one hand, these were the heady days of George Michael mix-tapes, Dallas on TV and, if he was lucky, the occasional Bounty Bar. On the other, there was his wardrobe of tartan smocks, his 30p-an-hour job at the local sewing factory and the ongoing challenge of how to tie the perfect top-knot. And then there was his family, whose strange and often difficult behaviour he took for granted until, at the age of twenty-four, Sathnam made a discovery that changed everything he ever thought he knew about them. Equipped with breathtaking courage and a glorious sense of humour, he embarks on a journey into their extraordinary past - from his father's harsh life in rural Punjab to the steps of the Wolverhampton Tourist Office - trying to make sense of a life lived among secrets.