paperback published Methuen, 1985. back in the 1980s this appeared on NZ TV as a series. It was very funny in a laidback sort of way, warm, witty, and featuring very ‘ordinary people’. A few years later I found a copy of the book in a secondhand-books shop and pounced. I’ve just read it for … Continue reading THE BEIDERBECKE AFFAIR by Alan Plater