Back Then

by Trevor Coote

The 1970’s is both the hero and the villain in this episodic voyage through the decade that linked the optimistic swinging London of the 1960s to the explosive and despairing inner city riots of the 1980s. What was it like to have lived through those tumultuous years when events and changes occurred that would rock the capital and transform the country’s social and political landscape forever? This is one version seen through the eyes of civil servant Raymond Quest and his circle of friends, colleagues and family in London.

470 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2013

About the author

Trevor Coote (born 1953) is a geneticist and field biologist from Tottenham in London who has lived and worked on Tahiti in French Polynesia since 2003. He has written a number of works of fiction, all of which are based in London. Among his novels are Lemon Socks, the story of a suedehead football hooligan in 1971 and Back Then, a nostalgic tale of life in 1970's London during a period of social and economic upheaval.