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(More customer reviews)Applause, applause for The Smoke and Broadbent.
I was hooked after the first paragraph and like other reviewers then began to portion it out on a daily basis.
I lived in London for many years and was thrilled by the geographical accuracy and life style portrayals which are as real as I knew them in the late sixties and seventies. During this era you could still walk into any pub or cafe and meet these peolpe, overhear snatches of conversation and at a glance see post war London etched on the faces of the older punters. I loved the way characters "appeared" on cue and moved in and out of the plot, leaving you wondering what their story was or could be, where they came from and were going to.
Oh, and by the way Buggy Billy was a real person who I knew and who sadly died recently. He was a friend to my wifes parents for many years and they remember the market stall days of London. For those of you who think that it stretches the bounds of credibility, a coster monger selling bug powder, should also posess a British Museum Libary readers ticket, think again. It is true, I was a guide in the British Museum for a number of years and he was a regular reader. MI5 and MI6 in the fifties and sixties is pretty much as it is portrayed - my father was attached to the Ministry of Defence for 30 years.
10 out of 10 for authenticity, story line, character creation and inter-spection.
My only issues is - when is the next book out and how will Broadbent follow it up?
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