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David Gee

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in Westmeston, Sussex, The United Kingdom

May 07

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Originally earmarked for the Methodist Mission Field, I soon discovered that ‘the missionary position’ didn’t suit me. A post-university career in telecommunications took me to the Middle East where I moonlighted as a journalist and socialized heavily with the ‘natives’ and with stewardesses from one of the local airlines, which came in handy when I started writing SHAIKH-DOWN.

I now live a few miles outside Brighton in southeast England.

In 2022 I re-adopted DAVID GODOLPHIN as my pen-name, the name I used for journalism in Qatar in the 1980s. David Godolphin's SOAP-STUD & BLUE-MOVIE GIRL is on Goodreads and Amazon ...more

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	Lillian and the Italians 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — 3 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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	The Bexhill Missile Crisis 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Dropout: Don't Fall for Paul. He'll Drive You to the Edge it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	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
	Shaikh-Down 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 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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LILLIAN AND THE ITALIANS

Here's the pitch for my new novel, currently going the usual gruelling round of literary agents and editors:

LILLIAN AND THE ITALIANS by David Gee

Tagline: Venice, Amalfi: secrets and danger

Market: Upscale women's fiction, romantic thriller.

Looking for her runaway son in Italy, an English widow encounters disturbing revelations and then begins a dangerous romance with a charismatic Sicilian prince Read more of this blog post »

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Published on February 10, 2016 02:39 • Tags: amalfi, italy, romance, thriller, venice

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I wasn’t going to bother with this when a friend gave it to me. The title, the cover, it all looked a bit puerile and crass. Well, yes, it is puerile and crass, but it’s at least as much fun as a Carry-On movie, with lashings of schoolboy smutty humo ...more
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