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Brendan Ball

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March 08

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Brendan Ball spent his formative years as a Prisoner of Conscience in a series of variably educational institutions before leaving a famous seat of learning (for preservation of sanity) to become a Failed Seditionist and Unemployed Poet.

He went into financial exile 15 years ago teaching the English language for coins and scraps of bread, but is now a recognised Warlord of Pedagogy in the Moscow area.

His first novel, 'Thieves in the Night', was published in 2014, and a themed triptych of short stories, 'Savages', in 2015. A further novel, 'The Cretin Gene', a satire on nationalism, is published on 23rd June (UK "Independence Day") 2018.
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Average rating: 4.14 · 29 ratings · 21 reviews · 3 distinct works
The Cretin Gene

4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2018
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Thieves in the Night

4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions
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Savages

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COVID-19: 19 SILVER LININGS

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19.  “I’ll do it when I have time.”


The millions of women who have spent decades collecting these moral IOU’s will now come into their own. Spare a thought for the men more profligate than wise with these cheques they never thought would fall due. But “happy wife, happy life,” I believe the Aussies say.


 


18.  “Throw that away – you’ll never wear it again.”


Let the women not be too

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