Thirteen months in the life of the closest of friends.
Ian Roberts and Ian Ceri are the epitome of best friends, from school days on to attendance at their home town university ... Aberdeen. Long suffering fans of the Dons a couple of years before the Alex Ferguson revolution the novel kicks off with Ian Roberts running away from home, university, his girlfriend; leaving his best friend behind. Whilst Ian Ceri's narrative handles the young men's common history as well as the downturn in their football club's fortunes Ian Roberts appears to be on the edge of a London now in transit from glam rock androgyny whilst he clings to music from the beginning of the decade.
The era of Don Revie as the England manager, and as 1976 heads for its summer of summers Jaws and One flew over the cuckoo's nest are the films to see.
Their mid-1970's correspondence highlights their differences as well as their shared past. Who is the cannibal, who is the bod?
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