Something in Linoleum

By Paul Vaughan

As a boy in 1934 Paul Vaughan unwittingly became part of a social trend - a great mass migration to the outskirts of London - as his family moved from Brixton to booming New Malden where their new semi was a mere stroll away from countryside. This was Suburbia and its outlook was not entirely promising. But Vaughan was so fortunate as to find an inspirational headmaster - John Garrett - at his local grammar school which boasted a school song composed by Garretts friend W.H. Auden. In due course he would find his way to Oxford; but as this evocative account testifies New Malden would never quite leave him.

Wonderfully readable wonderfully wry. Edward Blishen TES

Recalled with a Betjemanesque affection and eye for detail. Peter Parker Telegraph

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571281613
• ISBN13: 9780571281619
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Faber Finds
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"