Archivist

by David Pownall (Contributor)

Daniel's family is dominated by his drunken wreck of a grandfather, a Great War casualty, who is the specific reason Daniel was sent away to school in the first place. The boy yearns for his beautiful, grieving mother to marry again so she can have a life of her own. But only men who can dance need apply. Drawn into the gangland violence of both staff and boys in the Junior House, impelled by aggressive needs within his own psyche, Daniel spins a web of wildly experimental relationships hoping they will lead to enlightenment, but catastrophe is never far behind. The Archivist is David Pownall's twelfth novel - the second to centre on the son's search for his father on a landscape of violence and anarchy. The first to have this theme was The White Cutter. For more, go to

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2010

About the author

David Pownall is an award winning British novelist and playwright. He has had over eighty radio plays broadcast on the BBC and worldwide, and his work for stage has been produced in many countries throughout the world.During his extensive career, David has written in a number of different mediums including thirteen novels.

He was born in Liverpool in l938 and educated at Lord Wandsworth College and Keele University, it was during this time that he became involved with writing and managing student publications. After graduating, David worked for the Ford Motor Company before going to Africa to work as a Personnel Manager in the copper-mining industry. During this time he worked with local drama groups, who performed his earliest stage plays. He returned to England in l969 to start a new career as a writer.