. الإنجليزية 1985

Nottingham in the 1930s. A gang of small boys. One saturday afternoon, a man tries to hang himself. Why? How? And what does a boy of ten think as he watches? Two cousins go out one evening to the Goose Fair. Colin, 10, learns from Bert how to steal money they need for their fun. Riding in the jungle of Noah's Ark, Colin has an accident he will remember all his life. In the Summer of 1939 Frankie, a mentally retarded young man, leads the whole gang out to fight and to practice for the war that is coming. Years later, the author discovers the truth about the jungle of Frankie's brain. Per Illum has drawn authentic pictures of old Nottingham, including Alan Sillitoe's birthplace.