*AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 ''BOOK OF THE WEEK''*
''Lip-lickingly, dance-around-the-living-room good... A smash hit'' Observer
''Unflinching and heartwarming'' - Adam Kay
''Tender, clever and as funny as it gets ... a heart-piercing joy'' - Lauren Laverne
''An exceptional coming-of-age story [...] Pete Paphides may very well have the biggest heart in Britain'' - Marina Hyde
''I ADORE this utterly wonderful coming-of-age memoir. Joyful, clever, and a bit heartbreaking'' - Nina Stibbe
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''Do you sometimes feel like the music you''re hearing is explaining your life to you?''
When Pete''s parents moved from Cyprus to Birmingham in the 1960s in the hope of a better life, they had no money and only a little bit of English. They opened a fish-and-chip shop in Acocks Green. The Great Western Fish Bar is where Pete learned about coin-operated machines,
