Well, I posted "Death In Vietnam" at Welcome To My World so my literary work for today is done. Now I can blow off most of the rest of the day without feeling guilty. I still want to polish my shoes for work and do a little laundry but that's nit picking. I need to get out and make a beer run and pick up some canned fish to go with all this rice I have to get me through the week. Yesterday one of my aspiring writers sent me her fee and a new story to critique and edit. Out of five stories that I've worked on for her she's had two accepted and we're waiting to hear about another one. My brother is suppose to show up today with all kinds of food and drink but depending on him is like depending on the lottery. You don't expect to hit so it's always a pleasant surprise when you do.
My second book is about a boy who has Asperger's Syndrome and is bullied to the point to where he shoots up his school. I have divided the excerpts from it into three parts: Before, during and after the shooting.
In this eccentric tale set in a small town in northern India, Pawan Mishra masterfully weaves ingenuity and sarcasm in a manner thats simultaneously hilarious and tragic.
Determined to confront the hazy memories of his troubled youth, Oliver Matthews, a retired detective and confirmed bachelor, returns to the picturesque town of Henley-on-Thames for the first time in years.
