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Both novellas feature two distinct heroines and whilst BYBROOK IMAGES is my literary tragedy it does contain moments of typical Forest of Dean humour and dialect. It contains strong characterization and is mostly set on the fringes of the Forest and portrays a picture of Gloucester docks as it was. A nascent love affair develops, and a misguided Chinese physician has an unfortunate presence throughout the narrative. Eastdean is a small town many will recognize and apart from the heroine, a Thai girl called Bhuppa, two figures, Dan, a willing native of all-works, and Sir Crispen, a benign aristocrat, are prominent. RUTH exposes the intolerance of religious bigotry. Extreme religious fundamentalism can breed almost paradoxical evil, and this novella illustrates what can happen when the restrictions of it induce a young girl to rebel. A love affair also transpires and the restrictions imposed result in an inflammatory situation developing and a couple of deaths. The culmination may come as a complete surprise and shows what can happen when the role of women in the Western world is subjected by paternalistic dominance, as it still is in some religious sects.

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Now quite venerable, the author has spent most of his life tuning pianos and playing in jazz bands. Born in Ross-on-Wye, he has lived in the Forest of Dean, Pontypool and NewZealand and now resides in Hereford, where he hopes to end his days back by one of the country’s most beautiful rivers. He once played both hockey and cricket quite reasonably and those that live in the noble city of Glevum might like to know that he was quite a dab hand at shove halfpenny! He has three children and four grandchildren, one of whom has placed a notice on his door declaring his flat to be ‘Grandad’s penthouse and Bistro’, thus suggesting that eccentricity will continue in the family long after he has gone! 

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