Shouting Down The Darkness

by Nigel Hare

James Hardy comes from a broken home. He feels isolated from his peers and society in general. The world Jimmy inhabits is changing rapidly from the kitchen sink dramas featuring angry young men that he enjoys reading about. Set in the UK at the start of the eighties. James is apart of the generation leaving school into a world of rapidly rising unemployment and a Government that seems not to care that the working class population the hero is part off.
Escaping from a chasing policeman James falls into the hands of a dominatrix called Miss Campbell. She introduces him to her Aunt Sylvia who heads a criminal gang. She, along with her right-hand man lead James into a world of crime.
Can James prosper in a world of violence and deceit. Can he keep one step ahead of the police, his peers and other criminals?

386 pages, ebook

Published October 31, 2021

About the author

I grew up on a council estate, a middle child with four siblings. My mother did not go to work until I was at senior school, I remember many arguements between them on the subject. But that was the world I grew up in. That England of the seventies has changed beyond recognition.
I left school with limited qualifications, very limited. It was the eighties and I experienced a few years of unemployment. Following this came a lot of jobs. I bounced from one to another only keeping them for two years at the most. Once I joined Royal Mail I found something I could enjoy. Half of my work time is spent delivering. This gives me time to think as well as listen to music on my ipod. Twenty years and I have no wish to do anything else until I retire.
That is why I self-publish. I have never sort a publisher because I expect they would insist I leave my job to promote the work.
I have always been creative. First with music, writing songs on various instruments - on the whole self taught - and playing to an audience. There comes a time in life when you have to accept that music is just for listening and, unless you are already a rock star you should retire.
I told my daughter stories when she was young, usually making them up. I neve felt the need to write them down, then. But as she matured, got married and started her own family, I found more time on my hands. I started to write, not children's stories yet, but stories that I felt I would enjoy reading.
Stories about working-class people. People struggling, with life, love and everyday. They were once called 'kitchen sink dramas' or angry young men. I'm not saying that is what I will always write. I enjoy reading many different genres, like the music I listen to. Variety makes an interesting life.
I never thought about publishing until a friend asked me to help her publish.
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Reviews

[wingerworth writers association Writers · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent tale of a young man emerging from the shell of childhood into adulthood. Through the people he meets he changes from a scared, but defiant boy into a confident young man. His journey sends him to the darker aspects of society with crime and women.