Nostradamus and Instant Noodles

Ian Champion’s mum and dad came to parenthood late-and by accident. It wasn’t a good start and now-fourteen years later-his parents have had enough. Suddenly from Sydney and its sun, sand and surf, Ian finds himself staying with relatives in chilly Yorkshire, faced with football, flatcaps and flooding. This is what happens when your parents leave home before you do…

Nostradamus and Instant Noodles is vintage Larkin, a hilarious romp across two cultures and the whole idea of ‘home’-an idea that always seems more attractive the further you move away.