Smoke in the Lanes

By Dominic Reeve

In the 1950s the Romani people lived on the brink of great change. In their bright wooden wagons they journeyed between horse-fairs and traditional stopping places - stoic, humorous and wild, often poverty-stricken but protective of their freedom - on the fringes of a society that was soon to close around them. Dominic Reeve describes his life among the Gypsies: the feuds and fairs, the joyful muddy squalor of an outdoor existence. He evokes an unforgettable cast of fireside characters - bold children, fierce matriarchs and dandyish villains in snap-brimmed hats - and tells of sharp deals done and rings run round country policemen, of love affairs, dances and open-air feasting. Smoke in the Lanes is the vivid, memorable record of a disappeared world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0349000034
• ISBN13: 9780349000039
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Abacus (UK)
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.9" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary