Concrete Dreams Contributions by York Centre for Writing Delving into his life and

Delving into his life and experiences of love

all the while watched over by the kaleidoscope eyes of The Ringmaster’s Apprentice

So maybe he was ill-starred from the start

To support himself while writing he worked for a time as a meter reader and his memoir

born in 1979 in Sichuan province

Concrete Dreams Contributions by York Centre for Writing Delving into his life andConcrete Dreams tells the gripping story of Lucas Bostock, a Jamaican immigrant who arrives in 1950s London determined to succeed and to impose his vision of success on his family. A harsh, domineering man, shaped and scarred by survival, Lucas is no ones idea of a nice man. When his wife Rhoda finally leaves him, taking their only daughter, hes left to raise their three sons with a mix of toughness, pride, and unrelenting ambition. Lucas believes