Publishing August 2026 · Preorders open
The Back Route
A memoir of failure, discipline, and rising again—from four Fs and three Es in the SSSCE to an academic career at the University of Oxford.
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George failed every subject in his secondary school certificate examination, receiving four Fs and three Es. Two decades later, he became an academic at the University of Oxford.
The Back Route tells the story of what happened before and after that catastrophic failure. Moving from Chichibon through Kumasi, Belfast, and Sheffield to Oxford, it is a memoir about falling short, finding another way, and rising again through discipline, education, migration, and second chances.
Chichibon → Kumasi → Belfast → Sheffield → Oxford
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