Publisher's Synopsis
"The writing is sumptuous, beautiful and breathtaking vivid." - ESTHER FORD During the heatwave of 1975, thirteen-year-old Maggie goes to live with her grandfather, Pop, in Sutton Coldfield. Pop's mission is to know everything: the annual Fox and Dogs pub quiz is looming. Maggie doesn't know everything, but she does know about the great comedians - Ken Dodd, Tommy Cooper, Eric and Ernie - about country music, Shirley Bassey - and about how her mother died.