It was 1934 & a young man walked to London from the security of the Cotswolds to make his fortune. He was to live by playing the violin & by labouring on a London building site. Then knowing one Spanish phrase he decided to see Spain. For a year he tramped through a country in which the signs of impending civil war were clearly visible. Thirty years later Laurie Lee captured the atmosphere of the Spain he saw with all the freshness & beauty of a young man's vision creating a lyrical & lucid picture of the beautiful & violent country that was to involve him inextricably.