Beneath the bright familiar world of Blair's Britain, there's a dark undertow of political and personal disillusion, of mythologies and urban myths that circle round our apparently comfortable lives. This book presents a tale of five people, two rivers, and many Englands, metropolitan and rural, black and white, and is filled with art and life.

"South of the River", is a tale of five people, two rivers, and many Englands, metropolitan and rural, black and white, is gloriously readable and brimming with art and life.