Title: The Hole in the Bedsitting Room Wall
Description: Set in the 1970s, this short work of fiction focuses on the experiences, sometimes surreal, of an undergraduate in a run-down bedsitting room in a northern English city. The anxieties and peculiarities of the anti-hero, together with a distinctive  feature of the premises - a gaping hole in the wall - provide the basis for this gritty black comedy which continuously embraces issues of far wider social moment.
Subjects: bedsitting room, black holes, butterfly
Places: Manchester, Manchester Public Library
People: Stephen Hawking (1942-2018), Ernesto Guevara (1928-1967)
Time periods: 1970s