Peter Herring: Yesterday's Railways [2004] paperback Condition:Very Good Nine-year-old Bruno has a lot

Nine-year-old Bruno has a lot of things on his mind

Each one is suffused with astonishing wit and tenderness

of a painful adolescence

A hilarious romcom for fans of The Hating Game and Beach Read

'A jolly romp with witches

Peter Herring: Yesterday's Railways [2004] paperback Condition:Very Good Nine-year-old Bruno has a lotMany still recall when the train was their principal means of travel, whether to school or work, to visit friends and relatives, or to go on holiday. And it wasn't just people that went by rail: so did the coal that heated homes, the food that filled them and the bricks that built them. They also served the great ports, conveying everything from thousand ton loads of iron to baskets of racing pigeons. It was a time when a train journey remained an