Product Description
This is not a mere exercise in nostalgia, rather it is a journey through the England of the late 1940s and 1950s in all its shabby wonder and it will also tell the somewhat strange and often deeply painful story of John Simpsons family. It begins with Simpson at the deathbed of his aunt, the last of his close relatives to die. As she lay there, half-demented, he found himself talking to her about his childhood - his father, his grandmother, the small and rather depressing south London suburb which his family had built and dominated, and finally declined with. He talked to her about the people who were dead, and the lives which were just starting. Candid, beautifully written and touching, Like an Evening Gone will enchant all those who read it.
About the Author
John Simpson is the BBC's World Affairs Editor. He has written several books, including his three volumes of autobiography, Strange Places, Questionable People, A Mad World, My Masters and News from No Man's Land , most recently, The Wars Against Saddam - all available on audio.
