Writesideleft: 2 books

A group of hapless young people collide with their elders, who should know better, at a notorious 'party' on one rainy night in London. Enter: quixotic well-intentional soak, Carnaval, who reels between the two generations and complicates things to comical and touching effect. Mind the Generation Gap

Recently widowed Derek is directing The Merchant Of Venice with his class in the stifling atmosphere of a private school on the South coast. He takes Max, an unhappy new boy under his wing, but a treacherous act during the play's performance separates them and he is both forced from his post and to...