Ireland 1947. Seven weeks of relentless snow. Guard Eamon Foley is searching for a missing child.
At Toby Appleyard’s farm, he discovers the kitchen littered with dead cats. And the skeletal remains of a woman. Upstairs, Toby is dead in his bed.
Autumn 1940. Germany invades Britain. Newport is blitzed. Danny O’Shea’s house is bombed, his wife is killed. While taking his young son Adam to neutral Ireland, they witness an attack on a German convoy. The result is brutal.
How did the Sixties look through the eyes of a teenager?
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MacArthur Park: The Novel is a story about growing up the Sixties. The inspiration for this book comes from the song MacArthur Park written by Jimmy Webb and performed by Richard Harris. The novel also contains the lyrics to several other Sixties' songs by The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Byrds and a few others. These songs had major influences on my writing.
Authors who have influenced my style include Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Alain Robbe-Grillet
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