Ray is the only writer on the inky music weekly The Paper who refuses to cut his hair and stop wearing flares. On the brink of being sacked, Ray finds comfort in the arms of an older woman. But John Lennon is in town for just one night and Ray believes that if he can interview the reclusive Beatle, he can save his job. Can John Lennon and Mrs Brown save a young man's soul?Leon is on the run from a gang called the Dagenham Dogs who have taken exception to one of his reviews. Hidingout in a disco called The Goldmine, Leon meets Ruby - the dancing queen of his dreams. But will it be true love or theDagenham Dogs that finds Leon before the night is over?Stories We Could Tell is a novel about believing you'll be young forever, about sex and love and rock and roll, about the dreams of youth colliding head-on with the grown-upworld. Tony Parsons goes back to his roots for this deeply personal book - the story he has been waiting to tell.
