'A warm, humane, affectionate, finely-observed tale of a teenage boy, his family, friends and Lancastrian community, set in the sixties against the chill backdrop of the Cold War and Cuban Missile Crisis' - Kindle customer.Delivery boy Ernest Bradshaw dreams of becoming the next cycling champion to hail from 1960s Lancashire. When Ernest realises his mother is petrified about events in the news, he decides he must win a race before the world ends. Now that Ernest is on the way to earning enough money for a top-notch racer, can he improve his speed, sort out a few love triangles in his personal life while the quiet looming uncertainty of war is present in the background? If you enjoy a nostalgic read, you'll fall in love with Ernest's journey during 1962.
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