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London Belongs To Me: Norman Collins
London Belongs To Me: Norman Collins
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It is Christmas Eve, 1938 and the prospect of war hangs over every London inhabitant. But the city doesn't stop - everywhere people continue to work, drink, fall in love, fight and struggle to get on in life. At the lodging-house at No.10 Dulcimer Street, Kennington, the meek clerk Mr Josser returns home to Mrs Josser and his daughter Doris, a trifle tiddly and bearing the extravagant clock he has received as a retirement gift. The Jossers' son Ted and his wife Cynthia - a former usherette whose seen too many romantic films - will be coming for Christmas...The retired 'actress', Connie, gets ready for work as a ladies' cloakroom room attendant at the Club; widower Mr Puddy is contemplating the prudent acquisition of tinned food in case of a enemy blockade; widowed landlady Mrs Vizzard is feeling girlish heart-flutters over her new lodger, Professor Qualito (an experienced Spiritualist who wears a dashing wide black felt hat); and there is Mrs. Boon, a sweet, naive lady, whose flashy son motor mechanic Percy is led into the trade in stolen cars, then something far, far worse. Then there are the others: Mrs Jan Byl, a wealthy widower whose dearest wish is to contact the late Mr Jan Byl via Professor Qualito; Uncle Henry, Mrs Josser's brother and the family eccentric; Doreen, Doris Josser's best friend and Bill, a medical student who comes courting Doris. There is no doubt about it - Norman Collins, long-time Head of Drama at the BBC, knew these people. They are real - too real to have been invented.
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1952 reprint of 1st Australian edition; hardback; dust jacket as depicted; previous owner's name; tightly bound and clean within, Modern LiteratureShare
