Toff Chav

Archie Hodgkin-Smith is the quintessential British Toff. From the stately environs of Risely, he is determined to launch a career as a photographer while enjoying a hedonist lifestyle. But everything changes when he meets the liberal and progressive Polly Raynard. Will Polly truly change him? Or will Archie remain the unabashed snob that he always was?Meanwhile, Gary Brown, the archetypal Chav, is forced to confront the harsh realities of his own life on an inner London council estate. Will history prove to be his salvation? Or will the grim reality of his life ultimately prove to be his undoing?Rich and poor. Toff and Chav. Join Archie and Gary as their worlds collide in a telling account of social disparity in the United Kingdom.

Miles Hadley was born in Northamptonshire. He attended Campion school, Bugbrooke and studied at the University of Aberdeen and the University of Nottingham Ningbo campus in China. He has also studied at George Brown College, Toronto, Canada. His first novel, Toff Chav, was part of his project for the Vaughan Park Anglican Retreat centre scholarship residency near Auckland, New Zealand.