Eyes of Rain and Ragged Dreams: Coming of Age in Edinburgh

Michael Elcock’s fictionalised memoir ‘Eyes of Rain and Ragged Dreams’ is a rich coming of age work set in Edinburgh in the 1960’s. Told with an entertaining blend of humour and vivid observation, the story shows youth pulled in diferent ways by a rigid educational system and the burgeoning freedom of the times. Dunphy, the son of a diplomat, and Grimmett, who comes from a broken home, develop an unlikely friendship at a top private school. Dunphy and Grimmett are set up by absent & naive parents in a flat above a brothel. Their adventures take them from poaching trout to gambling dens and a brush with the law. Two of their friends die through suicide, and as an indirect result of one of those deaths Grimmett begins to learn about love. Available also as an Audiobook.