Article: 30 year son, novel tells the story of thwarted ambition; Author got idea for book while at school.(News)

Byline: Martin Shipton

A NOVEL about life in a 1970s comprehensive school has been published after lying in a Porthcawl film-maker's drawer for more than 30 years.

Anthony Hontoir, now 52, was 19 when he began Free and Easy, a story that resulted from frustration at a decision not to let him study biology up to O-level.

That, he believes, ruined ...

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