A Rich Vein of Luck Author:Richard A Booth Yorkshire in the sixties: coal pits, cotton mills, pie and peas, football pools and the gee-gees. If you're lucky, like our hero, Rich, you get promoted from the workshop to a white-collar job. In fact, if you're Rich, you're very lucky indeed! He wins on the horses, survives rejection by Jean, goes from cricketing stooge to ace catcher, moves u... more »p from a Hillman Minx to a Ford Cortina, and finds the love of his life . . . but can he keep her? Will his luck run out or will he show his true mettle and find the world is his oyster - along with the pearl? Richard A Booth's acutely observed story of young people in a Northern city undergoing a tide of change is humorous, touching and undeniably romantic. At its heart is a simplicity that is nostalgic and strangely endearing. Yes, we've all moved on from then, but have we moved anywhere better?« less