Hoi Polloi

Hoi Polloi is about innocence and experience. See-sawing between low-life and high-life, it depicts a mother and father who are comical, terrifying and unique. It finds fresh and hilarious things to say about growing up. Hoi Polloi is an instant classic about raw youth and the ways of the world.

description from Black Inc. -publisher

Hoi Polloi recounts a childhood spent on race-tracks and in bars, as the author's parents struggle to climb the social ladder. Acclaimed as an 'instant classic' on first publication, and written with extraordinary sympathy and verve, it is a book that finds fresh and hilarious things to say about growing up.

description from amazon.co.uk