Black Boy O'Connor: (Music, Motors and Maidens)

This is a story of a young black boy with an unmistakable Irish surname, who takes you on a journey of the first half of his life, living and growing up in a totally white middle-class neighbourhood. When he starts school, he finds he is still the only black face; this doesn't change throughout all of his school years. The story passes from early years to teenage years, and into young adult life.

The story begins with his earliest childhood memory as a three-year-old. Then it goes on to desc...