...Passing Through...

by Darryl Greer

“There is a saying that we have three faces. The first face, you show the world. The second face you show to your close friends and your family. The third face you never show anyone. It is the truest reflection of who you are.”

Follow the author’s meanderings through life as he tells of his early childhood in Australia; of his leaving school at fifteen, yet becoming a partner in City of London law firms; of his fight with Australian bureaucracy for five years just to be able to adopt a child; of what he calls his “Road to Damascus” moment which had a most dramatic and profound effect on his life.

Allow him to reveal just a glimpse of his third face.

And his soul.

181 pages, Paperback

Published February 23, 2020

About the author

Darryl was born, educated and spent the first chapter of his working life in Queensland, Australia. He was raised and educated on the Gold Coast but his education was cut short – by him, due to the sheer boredom of it – and at the age of 15 he left to work on a milk run. He went on to work as a window cleaner, cocktail barman, wine waiter, clerk, car salesman and a guitarist/backing singer in a rather hopeless rock band. Eventually, he got his act together, studied Law and at 28 owned his own law firm in Queensland’s far north. After nine years in the tropics he became bored with constant blue skies, gently swaying coconut palms and scuba-diving on the Great Barrier Reef, so he sold up and moved with his family to London. He practised there for twenty years specialising in commercial litigation, mostly at partner level in the City. In 2004 he returned to Queensland and now lives with his daughter in the Gold Coast hinterland.

As an author, Darryl has written in his spare time for as long as he can remember. Prior to his focussing on novels, he had a respectable number of paid articles published in British and international magazines. In 2009 he self-published his novel "The Election," a political thriller. In 2012 he won a competition with one of his other manuscripts "Calvus," and this led to a publishing contract with Morris Publishing Australia. With the demise of that publisher he has re-published that title himself.

Following another successful competition win, Darryl signed contracts with Custom Book Publications for the publication of three of his novels. "Agnus Dei," a legal thriller was published in February 2014, "Sleeping With Angels", another legal thriller followed in November 2014 and "A Dragon In The Snow" in October 2015. "Bounty" was published on 10 July 2019. In a departure from writing novels, Darryl published his memoir "...Passing Through..." in 2020. In June 2023, Darryl published "Zeno" a sequel to his novel, "Calvus" published in 2011.
You can check out Darryl's articles on Substack:
https://darrylgreer.substack.com

All of Darryl's books are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle eBook.

Darryl continues to write. Apart from writing, Darryl enjoys walking, travel, cinema and, of course, reading thrillers. He also continues his love of music and can be found on the music platform audius.co

Darryl's mission statement: "I aim to achieve optimal enjoyment from whatever I write and at the same time, transport my readers to another dimension, free from their daily grind."

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Reviews

[Eiselt Mar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Darryl Greer’s memoir, Passing through, is an honest and exciting story about the humble and triumphant story of the author. The writer’s life is not your typical feel-good story but I can guarantee that you will still equally feel good after reading this book.

I can truly relate to the author’s youth. He didn’t quite enjoy school but he was fortunate enough to select courses that will set him up in his career as a bureaucrat and consequently, a solicitor. He wanted to experience life by constantly moving and doing various jobs. He was in a band and had fun doing it even though they were not popular.

In a nutshell, I thought that the author wanted to send a message that you should live your life unapologetically and emphasized that whatever good that comes our way, we are surely lucky.

[Levi Angeles · Rating 5 out of 5]

The autobiography of Darryl Greer made me cheerfully nostalgic! I felt that I was personally listening to him when I was reading his work. There were times that I had to take a break from reading and let my imagination wander. That’s how absorbed I was while reading this book.

I have so much in common with him like how he was enrolled in a Catholic school even though his upbringing was not religious and how school was just ok for him. I always feel frustratingly out of place when my friends discuss how school was one of the best days of their lives. I also agree with his observation that discipline is lacking in youth nowadays.

This book is highly recommended for those who wish to read a heartwarming and true to life story. Memoirs should be written like this!