Presented by Five Leaves Publications with: Stewart Home.
Join author Stewart Home for a discussion of Terry Taylor’s 1961 novel, ‘Baron’s Court, all change’ - a lost London classic exploring drug and youth culture in London from the period.
After attracting a lot of attention upon publication in 1961, ‘Baron’s Court, all change’ more or less disappeared from circulation. In recent years, however, the boundary-breaking novel has been rescued from the edge of oblivion. Described as the Holy Grail of Beatnik novels, Terry Taylor’s only published book documents one summer in the life of the unnamed sixteen year-old narrator.
Leaving his home and job he dabbles with spiritualism, is seduced by an older woman and moves into dealing dope. His London is sharp suits, jazz, drugs, nightclubs, and sex. Stewart Home has written the introduction for a new edition and will discuss his relationship to this classic lost London text. This event is part of the London’s Burning series at Housmans.
