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John
Wilcox has written seven novels of historical adventure and two books
of non-fiction. Now, however, he tells the story of how he grew up as
a maths-hating boy in the back streets of Birmingham during the war, dodging
the German bombs but pledging his undying love for an iconic Betty Grable,
and then succeeding as a journalist and businessman before surviving the
greatest tragedy of his life. It’s a tale that gives insight to the
war years and to the growth of a great industrial city – but it is
also one of love, humour and of personal struggle. Wilcox still can’t
do sums, but he can write. This is not so much a memoir, more a warm,
personal retrospective of an eventful period in Britain’s history. |
