Axholme
Format:Paperback
Publisher:CB Editions
Publishing:11th Jun '26
£10.00
This title is due to be published on 11th June, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Mischief with air guns and catapults, stealing birds’ eggs and collecting butterflies, climbing through a window in the gents in the Rio to see the Saturday morning films for free, leg-crunching tackles in football games in muddy fields – these are the rites of passage of a group of kids growing up in a village in Lincolnshire in the 1950s. They are recreated in Axholme by Mike Bradwell in the voice of one of the gang, a voice that is funny, outrageous and true.
‘A wonderful, moving evocation of a vibrant community – funny, poignant, and above all, real.’ - Mike Leigh
‘A stunning carnival of compelling characters and story – hilarious, dark and evocative. I “Queen’s word” love Axholme.’ - Catherine Johnson
‘Mike Bradwell was a one-off personality and director – obstreperous, funny, dangerous. In this wholly unexpected book, he resurrects a youth in rural Lincolnshire that has unconscious echoes of J. D. Salinger, Laurie Lee, Dylan Thomas . . . It’s a cornucopia of vivid characters and idiomatic reportage. This will surely become one of the most renowned posthumous accounts of growing up in a close-knit but remote community. Loved every word.’ - Michael Coveney
ISBN: 9781739421205
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 9mm
Weight: unknown
118 pages