1980

A Year in the Life of Keith Diamond: A 1980s Time Travel Adventure

De: Jason Ayres

Narrado por: Peter J Matthews

Relive the 1980s in this rip-roaring time travel adventure from bestselling author, Jason Ayres.

As the 2020s dawn, Keith Diamond, the self-styled ‘Diamond Geezer’, works as a shock jock presenter at controversial radio station, ChatFM. When the station comes under new management, Keith finds himself surplus to requirements. His employment prospects look bleak until a stranger gives him a bracelet that catapults him forty years back in time to when he was a young journalist. Soaking up the culture, Keith immerses himself in the music scene, going to see legendary bands like The Clash, Blondie, and The Specials, but soon there are more important tasks at hand.

Working in Fleet Street, Keith finds himself thrust into the news stories of the day. These range from the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper to the death of John Lennon, plus the world’s obsession with “Who Shot JR?” From a personal perspective, 1980 is a pivotal year on which both his and many of his friends’ destinies depend. Can he rectify past mistakes, avert disasters, and reshape both his future and that of others?

Join Keith, as he revisits the culture and events of 1980, in this humorous and thought-provoking time travel story.

©2024 Jason Ayres (P)2024 Jason Ayres

What a fun series of stories

Great concept and a good entertaining listen. I am a time travel junkie and it can be very hard to find good time travel books. The concept of representing every year of the 80's in a series makes this even better as I have fond memories of that time. I also like that these are a set in the UK. Being from the US you get a bit of a different perspective on the events and people described. Also learning all the British colloquialisms is enjoyable. I usually do not like series books because they never seem to end. Each of these stories has a defined end and the next one just holds on to the premise with new characters and situations. Give it a shot.

An Engaging, Nostalgic Trip Back in Time

​1980 by Jason Ayres follows Keith, a man pushing 60 who is out of shape, bordering on alcoholism, divorced, and estranged from his adult son. To make matters worse, he’s just been hit with a revenge firing from his journalism job for a past mistake.
​Luckily, Keith gets a rare chance at redemption: he can travel back to 1980 for exactly one year to fix his faults. Armed with knowledge of the future, he even manages to save a few lives along the way. But as he alters the timeline, the ultimate question remains: will he return to a better future, or has he made things entirely worse for himself?
​Having graduated high school in 1980, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this audiobook. The references hit perfectly and brought back a wonderful sense of nostalgia. Narrator Peter J. Mathews was an excellent choice—his voice is incredibly easy to listen to and kept me hooked from start to finish. Highly recommended!

Very enjoyable book

This was an enjoyable story.
For once I loved the reader too!
I am the same age as the character in the book and I used to go to England in the mid 70's and 80's so it brought back memories and some nostalgia for the time gone.
Not all was good way back then, I actually like it way better today. The story points out at a lot of things that were shite way back then, but there will always be a part of me that remembers those days as a teenager spending summers in England. They're actually my fondest memories of all.
Now I'm going to buy the next books of this series and keep hoping one day I will get that bracelet too!

Brings back memories...

I really enjoyed this book. It was especially enjoyable since it time traveled back to a year I well remember. It's a fun read and I purchased the next book in the series before I even finished this one.

This only works if you're from the UK

I liked the concept but quickly realized a lot of the time references only work if you're from the UK so much of it didn't resonate with me. I ended up returning it about halfway through.