Black Swan Green

I enjoyed Black Swan Green by David Mitchell which tells the story of one year (1982) from the perspective of a 13 year old boy, Jason Taylor, growing up in Worcestershire. Each chapter is like a short story of a particular issue in his life. Jason is a "nurd" and is bullied by others at his school. There is a chapter dealing with the Falklands War and its personal impact on a family in the village. Other chapters deal with divorce, gypsies, poetry, love. David Mitchell is a terrific writer and really gets inside young Jason's head, probably because David was himself 13 in 1982 and grew up in Worcestershire. 4/5