Frank Schaeffer

'Eloquently captures the atmosphere of place and period... Schaeffer describes both the pleasures and the occasional torments of childhood with charm and humour...the warmth of characterisation is matched by the nov ...

THE TIMES

'Evocative, funny and wonderfully observed, reading this book is a holiday in itself'

GUARDIAN

'Not since Huck Finn has American literature been graced with a character as irresistible as Calvin Dort Becker'

ANDRE DUBUS III

'Evocative, funny and wonderfully observed, reading this book is a holiday in itself'

GUARDIAN

'Not since Huck Finn has American literature been graced with a character as irresistible as Calvin Dort Becker'

ANDRE DUBUS III

'Eloquently captures the atmosphere of place and period... Schaeffer describes both the pleasures and the occasional torments of childhood with charm and humour...the warmth of characterisation is matched by the nov ...

THE TIMES

'Evocative, funny and wonderfully observed, reading this book is a holiday in itself'

GUARDIAN

'Not since Huck Finn has American literature been graced with a character as irresistible as Calvin Dort Becker'

ANDRE DUBUS III