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Ghost Town

Ghost Town

Author(s): Catriona Troth

Location(s): Coventry

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1981

1981. Coventry, city of Two Tone and Ska, is riven with battles between skinheads and young Asians. Photographer Baz – ‘too Paki to be white, too gora to be desi’ – is capturing the conflict on film. Unemployed graduate Maia-serial champion of liberal causes-is pregnant with a mixed-race child. Neither can afford to let the racists win. They must take a stand. A stand that will cost lives.

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