Mukesh Agarwal sits alone in the Black Eagle pub unaware that a riot is brewing or that Billy, his youngest son, is still out on his bike …A mile away in the family home in Church Street, Anila, the youngest of the three Agarwal girls, is reading Smash Hits and listening to Radio One as she sprawls across the bottom bunk unaware of the tragic loss that is about to hit the family….It is 1981, factories are closing, unemployment is high, the NF are marching and the neglected inner cities are ablaze as riots breakout across Thatcher’s’ fractured Britain. The Agarwals are facing their own personal nightmare but their pain is eased by family, friendships and a community that refuses to disappear.THE HANDSWORTH TIMES is a book about loss, friendship and working together because there is such a thing as society.
- ISBN13 9781910422250
- Publish Date 29 September 2016
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bluemoose Books Ltd
- Format eBook
- Language English