David Mitchell and Black Swan Green

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

Couldn't put it down!  
Remember Adrian Mole?  
Same territory, different take, a little harder-edged perhaps
Very nice stuff with the gypsies, had to wonder if it was at all influenced by that Brad Pitt movie

Also had to look up to see if Frobisher was a real composer...
from a review I found that that particular Frobisher anyway does appear in Cloud Atlas...
was highly impressed with the way the kid started in learning French
fun book