Bettie's Books

This swept through our lives like a simulacrum of fire of London. Everyone was reading and loving this story that took just over a week to write.It was the first time there was a generic book buzz in my life and I became hooked on that buzz :Right.There:And:Then: Can you imagine a gang of (waay) under-age drinkers on stamping-ground crawls around Wimbledon, Kingston, New Malden and Putney discussing books and ringing out our gang's signature song Spirit In the Sky.Wasn't so long after that Forsyth did it all again to our utter, utter amazement and envy but by that time the gang members had dispersed and gone their separate ways.A moment in time and book-love was created