London in the 1990s - on the one hand the privileged world of media stars, the upper classes; on the other hand a 12-year-old boy from the North of England, abandoned in London, who is seeing the capital for the first time.
'A splendid Dickensian sweep of a book.' Richard Brooks in The Observer
'A decent and intelligent novel, one which can be read, and will be read, with a great deal of pleasure' Allan Massie in The Scotsman