Gadjo

About the Book

Andrew Jenkins had been deserted by his mother and living in an unhappy atmosphere, he befriends fellow loner Gunari Bosworth, a boy from a nearby gypsy camp. The story is of their friendship and the many adventures they share from the age of twelve into their early twenties. It’s a story of humour, violence, tragedy, sex and love. Andrew has good and bad fortune along the way, meeting a host of diverse and wonderful character; all shared by his surrogate Romany family.

About the Author

The author was born in Mansfield England in 1944 moving to Dover in 1950. He was educated at Dover Grammar school 1955-1960, joined the British army where he served in the Far and Middle East. He is divorced and has two daughters and two sons and lives in Caerphilly, South Wales. In 2014 he had pancreatic cancer and underwent a 12 hour operation involving total pancreatomy. On release from hospital he suffered traumatic hallucinations and many dreams, one of which became the basis of the novel Gadjo.