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3685143Gran and Mr Muckeyhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/gran-and-mr-muckey-9781909270268/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2485505/42189b43-fa85-4284-8bf8-d25b3669b4f9.jpg?v=638384039986770000110110MXNeBookPartnership.comInStock/Ebooks/<p>Gran and Mr Muckey is the first volume in a family memoir, seen through the youngest of three brothers, Sajit Contractor. They live in Edgware among Jewish refugees from Hilters Germany in 1938/9. It related hilarious incidents during the Blitz with Sajit having numerous exciting experiences at school in Caterham, Surrey, where bombing is frequent. It also includes a period of evacuation to Cornwall where he and his brothers are sent home through misbehaviour. Later, Sajits school in evacuated to Exmoor where he enjoys a very odd education based on cricket, rugby and horse riding.</p><p>After that, Sajit is taken fire-watching by his father in the family business in Camberwell Green. Here he has first-hand experience of the bombing of the East End of London. Through all this the author introduces a succession of fascinating characters, foremost among them being his Indian grandmother and the familys arthritic garder, Mr Muckey. They have a most odd courtship.</p><p>Sajits recalls all this with a sharp, satirical eye and his early experiences of racism and the peculiar behaviour of adults adds plenty of spice to the book.</p>...3621528Gran and Mr Muckey110110https://www.gandhi.com.mx/gran-and-mr-muckey-9781909270268/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2485505/42189b43-fa85-4284-8bf8-d25b3669b4f9.jpg?v=638384039986770000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20129781909270268_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9781909270268_<p>Gran and Mr Muckey is the first volume in a family memoir, seen through the youngest of three brothers, Sajit Contractor. They live in Edgware among Jewish refugees from Hilters Germany in 1938/9. It related hilarious incidents during the Blitz with Sajit having numerous exciting experiences at school in Caterham, Surrey, where bombing is frequent. It also includes a period of evacuation to Cornwall where he and his brothers are sent home through misbehaviour. Later, Sajits school in evacuated to Exmoor where he enjoys a very odd education based on cricket, rugby and horse riding.</p><p>After that, Sajit is taken fire-watching by his father in the family business in Camberwell Green. Here he has first-hand experience of the bombing of the East End of London. Through all this the author introduces a succession of fascinating characters, foremost among them being his Indian grandmother and the familys arthritic garder, Mr Muckey. They have a most odd courtship.</p><p>Sajits recalls all this with a sharp, satirical eye and his early experiences of racism and the peculiar behaviour of adults adds plenty of spice to the book.</p>9781909270268_eBookPartnership.comlibro_electonico_5e40381f-e708-46c7-a5af-12b183953a05_9781909270268;9781909270268_9781909270268John HollandsInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ebookpartnership-epub-e43375c7-9cbc-48f3-a670-94ff3ac22776.epub2012-08-28T00:00:00+00:00eBookPartnership.com