Surfing Serendipity

Seminal events in the life of a chancer. The story of Devereux Norman – Dev – from childhood to parenthood set against a backdrop of London from the 50s to the 70s, with excursions to Cambridge and the States. A story of chance and where it leads; a story of the complexities of friendship; a story of love and it’s vagaries. There are the girls of course; Babs, Alison, Jenny, Deborah and finally Des. There are also the friends; East End Gary with his dodgy connections, public school Jonathan and, of course, his inverted namesake, the straightlaced Norman Devereux, his touchstone and anchor when sailing too close to the wind…