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This entry was posted on June 17, 2009 by sharonrob in Entries by Sharon, Fiction: 20th Century, Fiction: general, Fiction: literary and tagged BBC, Kennington, London, Norman Collins, Wolf Suschitzky, World War 2. Perhaps it isn’t strange after all; this article came to be written in the month that the remains of Roman baths were discovered at Borough Market, so perhaps the author could have added, ‘and in Caesar’s day before that’. The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote, "Norman Collins' story, which is Dickensian in the richness of its pathos and kindly humour, has been triumphantly captured on the screen. Same general technique – we follow an array of characters as they go through their lives, meet tragedy and triumph, and interact with each other. The novel flits back and forth between the viewpoints of the different characters, bringing them thoroughly to life with their own distinct voices that often had me laughing out loud with their freshness and vivacity.Dickens likes to give his characters eccentric mannerisms and quirks and then hammer them into the ground so that every time the character appears his quirk never fails to get a mention. Dulcimer Street remains as the fulcrum of the social and the spatial throughout – but, where, then is Dulcimer Street? On the basis of this book, I would compare Norman Collins favourably with Charles Dickens in his ability to observe and comment on characters and situations, with subtle underlying humour (although I would rate Collins far more readable than Dickens).

I now have a much better idea of why it was so very popular in the 60s and 70s, before it fell into the deep trough that seems to await novels, until they are revived 20 years later.The other residents include faded actress Connie; tinned food-loving Mr Puddy; widowed landlady Mrs Vizzard (whose head is turned by her new lodger, a self-styled 'Professor of Spiritualism'); and flashy young mechanic Percy Boon, whose foray into stolen cars descends into something much, much worse . Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). The full version of this article is only available to subscribers to Slightly Foxed: The Real Reader’s Quarterly. Sheltered and contented amongst the shelves of silent ledgers (‘E to Egg-’) at Creek Lane EC2; it is if he’d never been away.

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