Book Review When Skateboards Will Be Free 
by Said Sayrafiezade
Hamish Hamilton, pb, £14.99, Non-Ficton
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Children have a habit of seeing things in ways that bemuse adults. Under some circumstances, the opposite is also true. Children will stare open mouthed and completely bewildered, unable to grasp what adults take for granted.
It’s a rare thing to be able to see things from this outside angle, but Sayrafiezadeh accomplishes the task with humour and intelligence.
The son of a prestigious figure in the socialist workers party in the USA in the 70s and 80s, Sayrafiezadeh is born into the political world of Lenin, Trotsky and Marx with no real grasp of why things are the way they are, or what in fact is wrong with them.
The snapshot style of storytelling feels like dipping into a photo album, and the stories themselves are told with such humility and honesty that there is a real sense of familiarity and comradeship. It’s a very easy book to enjoy, and although it is not heavy on the political thinking, it may put you off political ideologies completely.
Posted on Wednesday 1st September 2010
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