Weed

by Chris Page

In his professional and personal life Robert D Weed is deemed totally useless — or, perhaps, he is the smart one and everyone around him is daft.
Robert is a human weed who is tugged and pulled by a world that wants to uproot him but which discovers that he cannot be so easily tossed on the compost.
Fiction/Comedy/Satire

211 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 4, 2011

About the author

Despite being as English as a cup of tea, Chris Page has not managed to spend much time in his home country. He was born in Sweden and after growing up in Gloucestershire and London, he drifted off to New York and then Osaka, Japan, where he has remained since 1989 with his wife, kids and big, fat, black and white cat.
Chris is the author of the novels Weed, King of the Undies World, and The Underpants Tree (available in paperback and ebook formats) and short story collections Shorts (ebook only) and Un-Tall Tales (paperback only).

In July 2002 The London Magazine featured the short story The Freebie, which is included in both Shorts and Un-Tall Tales.

Chris also writes non-fiction. He is a freelance journalist, was the chief editor of Kansai Scene magazine for eleven years and briefly the owner. Writing on a broad range of topics, such as current affairs, culture, society, literature, and film, his worked has appeared on CBC (Canada) TV News 1, in The Japan Times, Time Out Kyoto City Guide, The London News Review, Kansai Scene, Tokyo Scene, The Gloucester Citizen, Kansai Time Out and various independent publications and web sites. He has written commercial copy for many clients, including Sony and Thai Airways.

These days he is concentrating on putting out more fiction.