I have been gathering material for this book for many years. It is a for a younger public and more precisely for my son, Anthony, who is yet to learn his father's tongue and who is growing up into a lad, so I thought the time was right to put pen to paper especially as his brother Dylan will soon be trotting along behind. The story is set at the beginning of the twentieth century, and is about a young man who is reduced into a magical world and must go through all sorts of trials before making it across the garden where he may become big again...

An Apology Of A Voyeur is a novel of adult fiction which conveys the protagonist's thoughts and sensations as he experiences them, over a determining period of six days in August, in present-day Bordeaux.

Luc Lemoine, 34, married with two daughters, has been leading a double life working in the city during the week and living in the country with his family at weekends.

Despite his six-month work contract at a wine merchant's coming to an end, he is not set to let go of his city freedom and anonymity, especially as he has a number of loose ends to tie up. There is Nicole, for one, with whom he is on the verge of having an affair; then there is the nocturnal photographer he has been shadowing; and finally the intriguing young couple in the flat opposite his hotel room, whose comings and goings he has been eyeing for the past months. All this on the backdrop of a series of student murders.

It becomes evident that murder has come to be an integral part of the character's life though it is not the focal point of the book. The focus is on the character himself, his double life, his loves, his secret garden, and his outlook on humanity in the capital of Aquitaine, upon which he casts a now cynical now humoristic eye.

Pescado Frito is set in the north west of Spain and based on the true story of a young Englishman's falling in love with the pretty Galician fishing village of Cangas de Morrazo, and his quest to fit in there.

With commercial tourism rearing its ugly head and Martin having no right to interfere in local planning, he is soon made to realise that home is not just where you leave your hat. Getting by on good looks, repairing motors, drinking wine and eating pinchos is not enough, a place in society has to be worked at and doesn't come cheap. Indeed, if he has made Cangas his love, he has yet to gain the respect and approbation of her family i.e. the inhabitants.

After a summer flirt with the idyllic isle of Rodas to think things through, he returns to the mainland bubbling with a plan. Figuring a family and a job would entitle him to that precious place in Cangas society, he plans to recover his Spanish wife at present refusing to budge from England where he took her and their daughter to meet his aging though charismatic father.

To prove to his wife his determination to make a better life for her and their six year old daughter, he sets his sights on buying a car repair garage. But he must find the money quick, the present owner is soon to retire and there are offers to turn the place into an amusement arcade for tourists.

At the risk of ruining his already tarnished reputation, he accepts to work incognito for a local Mafioso repairing and souping up powerboats for drug trafficking; the pay is good and, after all, he will only be in the workshop working on motors.

But things get tricky when Martin is commanded to accompany the powerboats on an outing to pick up an important shipment off the peninsula of Morrazo on a nearby island. In the black of night, despite everyone wearing balaclavas, he is recognised from his English accent by a loquacious hired hand who turns out to be an acquaintance.

Luke

This was the first book I wrote, and narrates the rites of passage of the main protagonist taking him on a voyage of self discovery across France and Spain till he finds a place to set down roots.                                                                                                                                                                                                          Top

Inspired by the works of Katherine Mansfield, Pictures is a comedy drama which portrays a woman's evaporating hopes of love, fame and glory in post WWI London. A one-time contralto singer in West End musicals, ADA MOSS is out of work, without means or protection, and has until 8 o' clock that evening to pay her landlady rent. She starts out early doing the rounds of the agents ever hopeful of being discovered.

Throughout she struggles to preserve her courage and belief in her ability to find work in the face of hunger, poverty and deception... Ultimately, after coming to terms with the narrowing space of her outlook and the shedding of the illusions of her younger days, she is able to accept an unexpected offer.

Some Body

HENRI, a miserly restaurateur in his 70s, tells his life-long friend JACQUES that he is going to have a body transplant. His long serving employee MARTHE, is pleased to be offered promotion whilst he is away. She hints that HUGUETTE, his daughter, may be in love. Henri warns his staff to keep up standards in his absence. Huguette tells her father that she is in love with ALBERT, the waiter. He asks Albert to have a sperm count before he will consider a marriage between the couple.

Months later, Henri shows off his new body to both Jacques and Marthe. He has inherited the body of a lusty, pasty eating Italian and cannot now resist the physical charms of Marthe. The employees rebel and demand more control over the management of the restaurant. Henri reveals his new form to the astonishment of everyone. Huguette tells her father that she is already pregnant and is again refused permission to marry Albert.

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