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020			_a9780141028590
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245		4	_aThe boy with the topknot
260			_a _bPenguin Random House, _c2020
300			_a323 pages ; 22 cm
500			_aa memoir of love, secrets and lies in Wolverhampton
520			_aFor 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.
630			_aP-EN _97841
650			_aChildren of immigrants _914053
650		0	_aEast Indians _xSocial conditions _914054
650			_aEast Indians Social life and customs _914055
650			_aBiography _913823
700			_aSanghera, Sathnam _eAutor _914056
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912			_a2020-01-01
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953			_d2022-09-20 17:04:22
999			_c3249 _d3249
655			_aNovels
653			_aREADING IN ENGLISH