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Kaka, Rokker Romany: Tales from a North-Norfolk Romany Life Paperback – 1 Jan. 2019
The son of a North Walsham horse trader and of proud Romany stock, Mike has lived his life by his wits: an honest man, yet a wheeler and a dealer, a ducker and a diver. Storytelling is in his blood and in Kaka, Rokker Romany: Tales from a North-Norfolk Romany life he has delivered a memoir of his dealings and his history with a cornucopia of characters: volatile relatives, ne’er-do-wells, swindlers, oddballs, bigamists, thieves and fools.
Largely self-taught and a voracious reader, Mike has a thirst for knowledge and is immersed in local folk and Romany history. His countless dealings have brought him into contact with all that society has to offer: from lords to loners and with each encounter he walks away with a bargain and a story safely stowed for future telling. Driving around the backroads of Norfolk with Mike you find that each byway, each dwelling has a story attached – where most would see a barren field, Mike sees a landscape populated with human interaction.
His Romany heritage is at the core of his being. The outsider status it confers has given him both his canniness and his companionability. He is justifiably proud of it and keen to share his knowledge of the language, the old ways and the old tales. He writes in the tradition of George Baldry, Fred Rolfe and George Borrow – it is a folk tradition and he has given us a book worthy of his forebears – not one necessarily to be read from start to finish, but rather to be dipped into: the nuggets drawn out and savoured one by one.
There are not so many like him left – he is a Norfolk legend and the authentic voice of an oral tradition.
Product details
- Publisher : Independent Publishing Network (1 Jan. 2019)
- ISBN-10 : 1838531335
- ISBN-13 : 978-1838531331
- Best Sellers Rank: 311,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 632 in Cultural History Biographies
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