Anecdotes

His father was a guard.

When he nearly completed his degree in college, he dropped out and went back to London for the second time at the age of 18. He then worked as a security guard.

At the age of 15, he went to London to work in varies of shops and bars.

Admired by writers Seamus Heaney, Eugene McCabe, Roddy Doyle, Patrick McCabe and Anne Enright.