Fall Of The Flamingo Circus
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"Fall Of The Flamingo Circus is the story of a strong and independent girl's childhood and adolescence, her desperate battle to make something of the fearful hand dealt to her. Through her eyes we see the realities of poverty in England ? hunger and junk food, boredom and noise at home, snobbery and notoriety at school ? and the fear of a brutal father...over the years we watch Lauren's voice grow in power and imagination, as her life ? a rebel, a punk, admired by her gang but rejected and victimised by men ? bursts out of its sad confines...but Lauren is always alone with her restless and furious self: she alone will discover the pain and loneliness of being different, crazy, colourful in an England turned grey, obedient and satisfied." Back cover blurb, paperback, published by Allison & Busby, 1990
Now republished in e-format, Fall Of The Flamingo Circus was originally reviewed in The Times (December 1988 after the release of the hardback) as well as The Face (1990) and has now been awarded a a place on the Awesome Indies list of quality independent fiction.
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I've been been writing for over thirty years. I realized my unhip credentials were mounting so I decided to write about it. Little Guide to Unhip is published by Night Publishing
However, I'm not completely unhip. My punk novel, Fall Of The Flamingo Circus was published by Allison & Busby (1990) and by Villard (American hardback 1990). Skrev Press published my novels Seaview Terrace (2003) Sucka! (2004) and Break Point (2006) and other shorter work has appeared in Skrev's avant garde magazine Texts' Bones including a version of my satirical novella Lost The Plot.
Thalidomide Kid was published by Bewrite Books (2007).
I've had other short stories published and shortlisted including Hard Workers and Headboards, first published in The Diva Book of Short Stories and now published as part of the Dancing In The Dark erotic anthology, Pfoxmoor Publishing (2011)
I also received a Southern Arts bursary for my novel Where A Shadow Played (now renamed 'Did You Whisper Back?).
I'm gradually in the process of getting most of my books published and previously unpublished work onto Smashwords and Kindle.
My novels tend to be character-driven and a bit quirky or gritty ? whether contemporary or retro ? and deal with issues of today: drugs abuse, homelessness and neighbourhood conflicts, and a common theme is about the experience of being an outsider in society.
