Five Leaves Publications

Book details

A welcome re-issue of Bernard Kops’ autobiography of his early years in London’s East End through to his emergence as a major writer in Soho in the 1950s through to his drug-induced madness in the 1960s.

"The best East-end autobiography for many years. Kops allows life to flow over him, never losing his sense of sheer delight, in its size, its possibilities and its outragiousness." - The Guardian

"Brutal, grim, factual, but the mind that interprets is unfailingly dramatic, and exalts a most horrible history into a fantastical rhapsody." - New York Times

"A writer of outstanding talent" - Sunday Times

About the Author

Bernark Kops was born in 1926, achieving international recognition with his first play, The Hamlet of Stepney Green. Since then he has written over forty plays for stage and radio, nine novels and eight volumes of poetry. His award-winning play Dreams of Anne Frank tours internationally. The anthology Bernard Kops' East End was published by Five Leaves in celebration of his eightieth birthday. He is still writing.