Listening while walking

Blurb:

In Homework, Geoff Dyer reflects on his childhood and what it meant to come of age in England in the '60s and '70s, in a country shaped by the aftermath of the Second World War but accelerating towards change.

He was born in Cheltenham in the late '50s, the only child of a dinner lady and a planning engineer. Raised in a working-class area, Geoff and his mates found much joy recreating battles with their beloved Tommy guns, kicking a beachball around until its untimely death, and collecting anything and everything they could find; football cards, conkers and Action Man figures. 

When Geoff passes his 11-plus exams, he gets in to Cheltenham Grammar School, an institution which drastically changes the trajectory of his life.