The Land Beyond Enclosure

A socio-political novel set in the UK in 1987. John Stone, cast adrift from his comfortable middle class life in the squats of London so as to attend university, is sick of himself, sick of life and struggling to cope with his existence. A life line is thrown him by a letter and he sets off on a journey from South to North, England to Scotland to discover his past and the power it holds to set him free. Set against the backdrop of Thatcher's 'YUPPIE' Britain John's journey is a socialist allegory; an Odyssey in which the hero not only travels into his own past in order to seek a better future, but in which his travels point towards a historical and political past which changed forever the lives of British people. A snapshot of Britain in the mid1980's The Land beyond Enclosure has particular resonance now as we begin to question capitalism, the pursuit of money and the cynical manipulation of the population by the media and politicians.