College Street is a piece of fictional history. The book recalls for the reader an historical period in a way that explains as well as describes. The text covers most of the middle third of the Twentieth Century, including the outbreak of World War II and the confusion of the peace that followed. The author may be one of the principles, or maybe not. He may be a part of each character in an environment providing no hint of genetic identity. The book switches on a light to give the reader a closer look at the drama of displaced mankind in a battle for survival.
