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Jay Fortune

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Jay Fortune has lived all over England. He currently resides in Blackpool which embodies his love of entertainment and art. A full-time artist and writer, Jay spends his days reading, painting, writing and ‘Tourist Dodging’, cycling along the promenade whilst avoiding the holiday-makers. He loves books, art, magic, camomile tea* and cake. Jay recently celebrated his second decade of non-TV ownership. All Fall Down is his first novel. (*Or ‘Green Jasmine’ if they’re out of Camomile)
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	All Fall Down 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Warning: this post has references to violence in books that you may find distressing.

It’s always interesting, eye-opening and exciting to receive feedback from readers.

One reader recently told me that they loved All Fall Down but (yep, there’s often a but!) there was one scene that really affected them. Without going into too much detail, one of the characters in the book attacks a homeless guy’s Read more of this blog post »

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