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''Moving, atmospheric, truthful, perceptive and hilariously funny - I loved it: a piece of our English history, the story of a vanished time, which feels close at hand but thoroughly gone. What a story. What a great story'' TESSA HADLEY

In Homework, Geoff Dyer reflects on his childhood and what it means to come of age in England in the 60s and 70s, in a country shaped by the aftermath of the Second World War but accelerating towards change.

He was born in Cheltenham in the late fifties, the only child of a dinner lady and a planning engineer. Raised in a working-class area, Geoff and his mates found much joy recreating battles with their beloved Tommy guns, kicking a beachball around until its untimely death, and collecting anything and everything they could find; football cards, conkers and Action Man figures. When Geoff passes his 11-plus exams he gets in to a Cheltenham Grammar School, a school which drastically changes the trajectory of his life.

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Book category Books in German Belletristik Zweisprachige Ausgaben

• Full title: Homework
• Author: Geoff Dyer
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9781837261987
• ISBN: 1837261989
• ID: 47094199
• Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
• Weight: 486 g
• Dimensions: 240 × 159 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. May 2025

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