Dark Times (Paperback)

London. December 2008. The world is getting darker. In his Clapton flat, the romantic idealist Max is trying to fill in yet another final application form. Down the road, a hung-over Jonathan doesn't have to think twice about hitting Shoreditch again. The successful journalist Sarah pours herself a calm-down glass of wine, while, in a filthy flat share above Ridley Road Market, the would-be artist Lizzie is hoping for one last chance. Dark Times is their story. It's a bleak, poetic take on these times that sees childhood certainties collapse and doubts grow as more than one dearly-held dream begins to slip. Before a whole new hope emerges... Chronicling the moment "the crisis" started biting for real, Dark Times is a love letter to London that has at its core the simmering confusion paralysing a generation that grew up thinking everything was possible. It might be your story too.