Richard A. Booth

A Rich Vein of Luck Richard A. Booth

Yorkshire in the sixties: coal pits, cotton mills, pie and peas, football pools and the gee-gees. If you're lucky, like our hero, Rich, you get promoted from the workshop to a white-collar job. In fact, if you're Rich, you're very lucky indeed! He wins on the horses, survives rejection by Jean, goes from cricketing stooge to ace catcher, moves up from a Hillman Minx to a Ford Cortina, and finds the love of his life . . . but can he keep her? Will his luck run out or will he show his true mettle and find the world is his oyster - along with the pearl? Richard A Booth's acutely observed story of young people in a Northern city undergoing a tide of change is humorous, touching and undeniably romantic. At its heart is a simplicity that is nostalgic and strangely endearing. Yes, we've all moved on from then, but have we moved anywhere better?