Synopsis
Reaching Peckham concerns the life, history and landscape of a South London suburb. It is set in the mid-1990s. It is also about the process of writing fiction. The poems of the book are the story of reclusive poet Oliver, his friend Lorna - author of the narrative - and her pupil, illiterate teenager and gang-leader Mehmet. “Hylda Sims makes us want to rhyme, to sing, to laugh.” - Mimi Khalvati
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