Absolute Beginners

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Colin MacInnes

Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes: 5. Violence

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5. Violence

Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes, 5. Violence

Violence erupts on the streets of Notting Hill.

Violence erupts on the streets of Notting Hill. Suzette appears - and there’s bad news. Concluded by Joel MacCormack.

September, 1958: Racial tension is rising in parts of London. 

Colin MacInnes' teenage narrator gets caught up along with his friends in the violence that erupts on the streets of his home patch in Notting Hill. 

As the fighting spreads, Suzette turns up at the Santa Lucia club, but then his brother Vernon arrives with bad news. 

Cult classic read by Joel MacCormack.

Abridged and produced by Sara Davies.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.

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