A sensitive exploration of the heartbreaking and perhaps peculiarly British silence that exists between fathers and sons. Cole Moreton was part of the last generation to be brought up on the folklore of the Second World War. He found his heroes in the pages of the 'Victor Book For Boys', mentally casting his grandfather in the lead roles. But his granddad, like so many others, would never talk about his life as a soldier. In this tender account Moreton attempts to break the family silence. In so doing, he brings to life the reality of a poverty-stricken post-war London and uncovers the truth behind his family's past.