Rod Madocks

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Rod Madocks The idea behind my most recent published book came from the popular saying 'the pen is mightier than the sword'. I wrote the book to expose a wrong an…moreThe idea behind my most recent published book came from the popular saying 'the pen is mightier than the sword'. I wrote the book to expose a wrong and to excoriate the perpetrators. (less)
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Muzungu: A Rhodesian Testament

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Our Tan: Memoir of a Destro...

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Babbicam

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See You In Valhalla

My little book celebrating the centenary of the World War Two poet Sidney Keyes is out today in Kindle ( only £1.99 or $2.20 for my U.S. readers) I have a special place in my heart for Sidney Keyes, a talented young poet killed while fighting bravely in Tunisia in 1943, my father met and formed a friendship with the poet when they were both young soldiers. My father never forgot his time with the Read more of this blog post »
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“You can start with those crazy-ass eyes. They've got an 'I'm going to get you sucka' look to them. Blue as death and flickering with strabismal menace...he has the gaze of a soul-stealer.”
Rod Madocks, Babbicam
tags: eyes, gaze, look

“It was easy to be negative about conventional psychiatry. There's was a crude system under a scientific veneer but it was the only thing in place to stem the outright suffering brought about by mental illness.”
Rod Madocks, Ship of Fools: Stories from the Mental Health Front Line

“The secret of happiness was to stop caring so much for what I had not got and instead to appreciate everything that I actually had within my grasp.”
Rod Madocks, Ship of Fools: Stories from the Mental Health Front Line

“We are all waiting for someone to come back from the past bringing a lost happiness.”
Rod Madocks, No Way to Say Goodbye

“It was easy to be negative about conventional psychiatry. There's was a crude system under a scientific veneer but it was the only thing in place to stem the outright suffering brought about by mental illness.”
Rod Madocks, Ship of Fools: Stories from the Mental Health Front Line

“The secret of happiness was to stop caring so much for what I had not got and instead to appreciate everything that I actually had within my grasp.”
Rod Madocks, Ship of Fools: Stories from the Mental Health Front Line

“You can start with those crazy-ass eyes. They've got an 'I'm going to get you sucka' look to them. Blue as death and flickering with strabismal menace...he has the gaze of a soul-stealer.”
Rod Madocks, Babbicam
tags: eyes, gaze, look

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