Anyone can learn maps and battles. Geezer, I feel it! I live it! I'm giving everything to this beautiful, wild, absolutely pure British thing. Like, do you know what it took to get here, man? Stevie is a disillusioned academic who once wrote an unfashionable book on youth movements in Britain, now struggling to cope after a painful break-up. His misery is interrupted by Jimmy who lands unexpectedly on his doorstep beaming with excitement. Jimmy is 100% Mod: oversized military parka, fitted Italian suit, dessy boots, pork pie hat. The full package. Jimmy is seeking asylum in the UK. With just a few days before the substantive interview that's going to decide his fate, the stakes are high. So he came up with a brilliant plan. A plan that's going to work against all odds. It has to work. He can't go back. And Stevie has an important part to play.

A funny, big-hearted Mod anthem to solidarity and acceptance in an increasingly hostile world.

About the Author
Douglas Maxwell has been one of the most popular and produced playwrights in Scotland since his debut in 2000. In 2015 his plays included Yer Granny (a version of Roberto Cossa's La Nona) for the National Theatre of Scotland and Fever Dream: Southside for The Citizens, Glasgow. They were seen collectively by over 24,000 people. His many other plays include Decky Does a Bronco, Mancub, Promises Promises (staged in New York as The Promise) and A Respectable Widow Takes to Vulgarity. His plays have been performed in translation in Germany, Norway, Hong Kong, New York, Chicago, Holland, Canada, Sweden, New Zealand, Wales, Japan, France and South Korea, where his debut play Our Bad Magnet ran for over ten years.


Book Information
ISBN 9781786829108
Author Douglas Maxwell
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Oberon Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 78g