The rest of Where I'm From forms the answer. Demers tries to relive all the experiences he had for the first time as a child, or at least understand them: the first novel he read and the power of ...

‘So you moved to London a few years ago,’ she said. ‘Where are you from?’ ‘I’m from the West Midlands,’ I explained in my thick Black Country accent. ‘Born and bred in a town next ...