The Lubetkin Legacy

Brand new novel from the author of A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTORS IN UKRANIAN. 'Don't let the council take back the flat!' - Berthold's mother's dying words to him in hospital. Hopeless failed actor Berthold is born the same day as George Clooney, but still lives with his mum. When he realizes that he may lose the flat, built in the 1960s by celebrated architect Lubetkin, he adopts the old lady in the hospital bed next door, and takes her home to impersonate Mum. That's when all the trouble begins.