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The Boy with the Topknot - A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies (Paperback, Digital original)
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The Boy with the Topknot - A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies (Paperback, Digital original)
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List price R342
Loot Price R279
Discovery Miles 2 790
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'Could not be more enjoyable, engaging or moving' Observer "It's
1979, I'm three years old, and like all breakfast times during my
youth it begins with Mum combing my hair, a ritual for which I have
to sit down on the second-hand, floral-patterned settee, and lean
forward, like I'm presenting myself for execution." For Sathnam
Sanghera, growing up in Wolverhampton in the eighties was a
confusing business. On the one hand, these were the heady days of
George Michael mix-tapes, Dallas on TV and, if he was lucky, the
occasional Bounty Bar. On the other, there was his wardrobe of
tartan smocks, his 30p-an-hour job at the local sewing factory and
the ongoing challenge of how to tie the perfect top-knot. And then
there was his family, whose strange and often difficult behaviour
he took for granted until, at the age of twenty-four, Sathnam made
a discovery that changed everything he ever thought he knew about
them. Equipped with breathtaking courage and a glorious sense of
humour, he embarks on a journey into their extraordinary past -
from his father's harsh life in rural Punjab to the steps of the
Wolverhampton Tourist Office - trying to make sense of a life lived
among secrets. 'I absolutely loved it. Heartbreaking and wonderful.
He writes beautifully' Maggie O'Farrell 'Tragic, funny and
disturbing. It will challenge you, and may even change you' Carole
Angier, Independent Published in hardback as If You Don't Know Me
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