Today South London, Tomorrow South London

South London-based blog, Deserter, is an alt guide to living and loafing in the wonky wonderland south of the river. Its authors, under their noms de plume Dulwich Raider and Dirty South, record off-beat days out and urban adventures featuring pubs, cemeteries, galleries, hospitals and pubs again, often in the company of their volatile dealer, Half-life, and the much nicer Roxy.

Part guide, part travelogue, this book is a collection of these tales with the addition of lots of new material that their publisher absolutely insisted upon. South London, that maligned wasteland where cabbies once feared to drive, can no longer be ignored. The South is risen!

Auteur

Andrew Grumbridge (Dulwich Raider)

Born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Grumbridge remained in higher education for as long as they would have him. Subsequently he discovered that studying film and philosophy hadn't, oddly, prepared him for the world of work, which he found insulting. He determined to save hard and retire as soon as possible. He now lives near a Wetherspoons in Herne Hill, London.

Vincent Raison (Dirty South)

Raison was born to the golden lanes of South London aware he had won life's lottery. He shunned academia, safe in the knowledge that Fate had decreed his path and it didn't involve homework. He was disappointed to find the world of work was as awful as he imagined, though he did enjoy lunch, sick leave and the internet. He once went 112 consecutive meetings without uttering a single word. But he'll miss the biscuits now he's an author. He lives in Blackheath, London.