A journey through a man's struggle with depression, low self esteem and borderline alcoholism using the music of Deep Purple as a reference point. A series of short stories explore such concepts as institutional abuse, violence, loyalty, betrayal, love, loss and death
A partially broken product of the Christian Brothers, I hid my desire to write beneath layers of self-delusion and a fear of being seen as different.
Suppressing my natural instinct caused all sorts of confusion and general unhappiness as I progressed through the ranks of the Finance world, eventually reaching the rank of Manager of 2 country branches with the Commonwealth Bank. Success tasted stale, dirty and repugnantand I began to write as an escape. But unresolved issues of my early life caused me to go off the rails for a while. Writing about those issues helped me to come to terms with who I am and what I'm meant to do