Runaway

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I met terrific opposition from council chiefs,and some councillors, who it later were revealed were taking bribes from construction companies to build their system build flats. Now, zap forward to 2015, and Jack is a disillusioned pensioner lamenting a life where so much more could have happened, However, with the news of a suspicious death linked to his 60’s experience, and spurred on by the terminally ill Maurie, he and the remaining members of his band, up sticks to London with his grandson Ricky, to revisit the past and lay some old ghosts to rest but at what cost?

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These aging lads do – but they do not seem completely sure of how and why they have gotten to where they are. In 1965 music loving teenagers Jack, Maurie, Dave, Luke and Jeff left their homes in Glasgow lured by thoughts of stardom and the bright lights in London. The trip is a replica of the 1965 trip but this time seen through the eyes of older and wiser heads.

The trip undertaken by the older version of the men in the present day is filled with a mixture of nostalgia and humour.

Runaway by Peter May: Undiscovered Scotland Book Review Runaway by Peter May: Undiscovered Scotland Book Review

But I understood my limitations, and appreciated that there were so many better musicians around than me, so that when I made my career choices, writing was the thing I was best at, and probably most wanted to do. Sadly, for me, it did not come close to living up to the writing of the Lewis Trilogy and I feel the accolades on the cover and in reviews are misleading and don’t ring true. I liked the utterly authentic recreation of the 1960’s, with its allusions to people, places and fashions, tempered by the relatively anodyne existence of our band of misfits in their later years. Somewhat behind the curve, I have just been reading Runaway (which I have enjoyed very much, as I have done the 20 other of your books I have read previously).Peter, having only fairly recently stumbled upon your story post Eastwood School, I feel I owe you an apology. Indeed, the tension in the story is generated more through rifts in the group and between family members than by sinister elements in the plot. J’évite les lectures "violentes" d’habitude mais je ne regrette absolument pas celle-ci, qui parle de nostalgie, d’amitié, de regrets, du temps qui passe et des erreurs qui nous hantent toute la vie. The strength of the book is in the relationships between the boys as they face up to the realities of life; and later between the men as they come to terms with the events that had such an impact on each of their lives. Being a similar vintage to Jack and the author I thoroughly enjoyed the story and the flashbacks to the 60s when music was “proper music” as I continually remind my sons.