Forever England by David Luddington
...And there will be a corner of some foreign field that will be forever England. Only these days it's more likely to be a half finished villa overlooking a championship golf course somewhere on one of The Costas. Following an unfortunate encounter with Spanish gin measures and an enthusiastic estate agent, retired special effects engineer Terry England is the proud owner of a nearly completed villa in a new urbanisation in Southern Spain. Not quite how he'd intended to spend his enforced early retirement Terry nevertheless tries to make the best of his new life. If only the local council can work out which house he's actually bought and the leaf blowers would please stop. Terry finds himself being sucked in to the English Expat community with their endless garden parties and quests for real bacon and Tetley's Tea Bags. Of course, if it all gets too much he can always relax in the local English Bar with a nice pint of Guinness, a roast beef lunch and the Mail on Sunday. With a growing feeling that he might have moved to the 'Wrong Spain', Terry sets out to explore and finds himself tangled in the affairs of a small rustic village in the Alpujarras. It is here where he finds a different Spain. A Spain of loves and passions, a Spain of new hopes and a simpler way of life. A place where a moped is an acceptable means of family transport and a place where if you let your guard down for just a moment this land will never let you go again. Forever England is the tale of one man trying to redefine who he is and how he wants to live. It is a story of hope and humour with an array of eccentric characters and comic situations for which David Luddington is so well known and loved.I write humor, in case you didn't know. A lighthearted British comedy. P.G. has been a part of my life since I was a child. I like to think I've nailed the tone of traditional British humour but carried it firmly into the twenty-first century with Wodehouse, the Ealing Comedies, and the Carry On flicks. What are our current circumstances?
That's not something I'm going to consider. I also follow a theme when I write. In our haste to catch the next great wave, I feel many of us have lost sight of who we are. But who are we when that wave dumps us on the shores of 'Couldn't Care Less' and then continues on without us?
Is it necessary to start with Well, I used to be... and then tell the world who I am? In a place where they wanted people who were something large, I used to be something big... for a short time Then they decided they didn't need people who were important any longer, and I became a nobody in a place where no one cared.
My stories are about identity and the confusion we feel when it is snatched away from us by a world that has suddenly decided it can do without bubble lamp repairmen or human telephone receptionists. My stories are about actual people who believe the world has become a little more challenging. A location where we used to be able to program a video recorder or remove a roll of film from a camera without it exploding like a rasta's head in a hairdryer, but now have to deal with isometric bandwidth widgity watsits every day before we can even put our MP3 in the toaster. I believe in second chances and hope.
I think that we all have a soulmate, and that only a select few are destined to meet them. I believe the truth lies in the number 42, and that HAL was simply having a terrible day. And I'm a butterscotch Angel Delight believer. I believe in butterscotch Angel Delight above anything else.
Well, if you're looking for some good old-fashioned humour (note to colonists: humour begins with the letter U, so don't correct my spelling)... oh (and it's a zed not a zee!) Anyway, good old fashioned humour with a heart and an understanding that our time here is important. Yet, if you like vicious, cutting satire, you should buy my novels anyway. You'll be dissatisfied, but I require the funds.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781910530085 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910530085 |
| Title | Forever England |
| Author | David Luddington |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Mirador Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-09-22 |
| Number of pages | 234 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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