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Don Darkes

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Born

in Vereeniging ( it means Meeting) , South Africa

Website

http://www.dondarkes.com

Genre

Biography, Memoir, Historical Fiction

Influences

Bryce Courtney, Wilbur A. Smith ...more

Member Since

September 2012

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Hi! call me Don

I was born as Lawrence Huntingdon-Rusch, adopted and renamed Lawrence de Robillard. I was reborn on June 6th 2012 as the Writer Don Darkes. My choice of pseudonym is due partly to the fact that I am penning a Biographical Memoir entitled My Life of Crime, the memoir of an intriguing man, the "real" Don Darkes who was marked with this identity at birth to protect a secret and the fact that like him, my given name also conceals my true heritage. The irony in this tickles my love of the bizarre and my sense of the ridiculous. Of course it makes marketing sense too since any of my "real" names would fill a book cover and leave no space for the Title!

Following a number of exciting and successful careers in Construction, Manufactur Hi! call me Don

I was born as Lawrence Huntingdon-Rusch, adopted and renamed Lawrence de Robillard. I was reborn on June 6th 2012 as the Writer Don Darkes. My choice of pseudonym is due partly to the fact that I am penning a Biographical Memoir entitled My Life of Crime, the memoir of an intriguing man, the "real" Don Darkes who was marked with this identity at birth to protect a secret and the fact that like him, my given name also conceals my true heritage. The irony in this tickles my love of the bizarre and my sense of the ridiculous. Of course it makes marketing sense too since any of my "real" names would fill a book cover and leave no space for the Title!

Following a number of exciting and successful careers in Construction, Manufacturing, Information Technology, Franchising and Entrepreneurship I find myself combining them all into my new role as an Author.
I repudiated my Psychology degree in the mid-seventies prior to serving my mandatory National Military Service in a top-secret Electronic Warfare unit, clandestinely deployed in Rhodesia, (Now Zimbabwe) a horrendous episode, for which I later received a medal. (novel in progress)
During the eighties, at the height of apartheid, together with (then) illegal “black” partners I built a successful manufacturing company. Following a series of traumatic events I sold it and opted-out to buy the yacht upon which I was shipwrecked together with my wife, our five year old son and four year old daughter. (Non fiction novel, 6692 Pisces the Sailfish). After returning destitute to South Africa I rode a ripple in the dot.com wave and sold my Internet start-up in order to distribute organic chocolate and to research a challenging historical novel exploring an intriguing link between the Jewish Holocaust and Madagascar. (Novel in progress– Bread from Air)
Currently, together with my wife, son and two daughters we are building another yacht and living aboard it whilst I work on several books with a common denominator; my love of history and my belief that fact is stranger and far more interesting than fiction. ...more

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	6692 Pisces the Sailfish 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Lemur'sTale: It Turns on a Leaf 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	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
	Lemur's Tale: It Turns on a Leaf by Don Darkes (Goodreads Author), Anne Merryfield (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	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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Don Darkes said: " I wanted to hate my First Bryce Courtenay book. I am a writer myself and jealous of his success. I seldom read fiction and when I do I am easily bored.I read it because I had nothing else and was hard up. Now I shall have to google a recipe for humbl ...more "

Sep 04, 2012 04:25AM · see review

Quotes by Don Darkes (?)

“Revenge is a dish best eaten cold and there is no sweeter dish than outliving an enemy”
― Don Darkes, 6692 Pisces the Sailfish

tags: revenge, revenge-is-sweet

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“Just because I am paranoid does not mean that someone is not out to get me”
― Don Darkes, 6692 Pisces the Sailfish

tags: adventure-travel, humourous-memoir, memoir, sailing, travel

7 likes

“So how long do I have to pack?”
― Don Darkes, 6692 Pisces the Sailfish

tags: family-drama, lifestyles, madagascar, shipwreck, woman-s-strength

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