Cotter, Kevin

Kevin Cotter was born in San Francisco to Irish/Italian parents who had married for love but separated when he was seven. In 1968, he, his mother, brother, and sisters left the States for England, moving to Hampstead, in London. It was there that Cotter entered a world that would permanently influence his life and writing: a lawless wonderland, hectic and chaotic, with abandoned houses and warehouses, crumbling cemeteries, and shops that kept their doors unlocked in the evening while the staff cashed up. He could ride the bus for tuppence, steal a bottle of Gold top milk off someone's doorstep...