''A book from the psychic fault lines of 21st Century Britain Peterdown''s big ambitions never lose sight of the human and everyday. The result is something simultaneously down to earth and epic'' Johny Pitts author of Afropean Peterdown an industrial town with a noble past and a lacklustre present has been chosen as the regional hub for a soon-to-be-built ultra-high-speed railway line. The development promises to propel Peterdown headlong into a prosperous future; but in order to get there something from the landscape of Peterdown''s past will have to be demolished. On the shortlist are the Larkspur Hill housing estate a significant modernist landmark and the Chapel the raucous home of the town''s football team Peterdown United. Ellie Ferguson an architect exiled from London is as determined to save the Larkspur as her partner Colin a lifelong United fan is desperate to save the Chapel. As they each find themselves leading increasingly passionate and opposing campaigns their essential differences become hard to ignore. Out of this spins an epic wide-angle novel rich with character and incident. Affairs are embarked upon. Conspiracies are uncovered. A broad-based popular insurgency ignites. Peterdown brings England''s beleaguered streetscape to life and finds lurking there a playful and storied counterculture: mad monks and machine breakers avant-gardists and non-conformists. Full of warmth comedy character and anarchic radicalism Peterdown is an ambitious tale about work and play community and place and how ultimately we might live in the face of history. . Language: English