Keith Bullock
It is a very exciting time for me right now. After retirement I was able to devote more time to my writing. I had already managed to participate in the 'BBC Book of the Future' and to write over eighty short stories, one of which: 'Second Honeymoon' was filmed and shown at the Cannes Festival; now however, several half finished projects have come together in short order.
'Winning Ticket' was published by Austin Macauley in October 2017 and currently I am working with them on the Proofs of my second novel: 'Beyond the Sad-faced Clown', with a publication date of April/May 2018.
The two books have a similar underlying theme: the issue of personal identity in a multi-cultural, philosophically relativistic world. They are very different however, in setting and subject matter. Within the pages of 'Winning Ticket', Rakesh Singh, an English-born Sikh must come to terms with his ancestry after committing a crime and suffering its consequences. Within 'Beyond the Sad-faced Clown' Nick and Rebecca, two children of the "Swinging Sixties" are all but overwhelmed by their two distinct, but equally troubled, backgrounds and in finding love together, face personal challenges that neither of them could ever have envisaged.
Waiting in the wings is: 'Twelve Christmas Crackers and a Boxing Day Treat' - a collection of thirteen adult Christmas Stories that I hope will prompt the reader to laughter and tears. I have missed the boat with them for this Festive Season, but I hope that they will be in publication for 2018.
Beyond that, I am working hard to complete a third novel: 'Circuit'. It is a crime novel - quite a departure from the first two - and it tells the tale of a man and wife who are set upon whilst out jogging in London. Neither of them have any memory of the event to assist the police and in the meantime, one of their perpetrators goes on to commit murder...
There is more than enough there to keep me out of mischief in the short term.
'Winning Ticket' was published by Austin Macauley in October 2017 and currently I am working with them on the Proofs of my second novel: 'Beyond the Sad-faced Clown', with a publication date of April/May 2018.
The two books have a similar underlying theme: the issue of personal identity in a multi-cultural, philosophically relativistic world. They are very different however, in setting and subject matter. Within the pages of 'Winning Ticket', Rakesh Singh, an English-born Sikh must come to terms with his ancestry after committing a crime and suffering its consequences. Within 'Beyond the Sad-faced Clown' Nick and Rebecca, two children of the "Swinging Sixties" are all but overwhelmed by their two distinct, but equally troubled, backgrounds and in finding love together, face personal challenges that neither of them could ever have envisaged.
Waiting in the wings is: 'Twelve Christmas Crackers and a Boxing Day Treat' - a collection of thirteen adult Christmas Stories that I hope will prompt the reader to laughter and tears. I have missed the boat with them for this Festive Season, but I hope that they will be in publication for 2018.
Beyond that, I am working hard to complete a third novel: 'Circuit'. It is a crime novel - quite a departure from the first two - and it tells the tale of a man and wife who are set upon whilst out jogging in London. Neither of them have any memory of the event to assist the police and in the meantime, one of their perpetrators goes on to commit murder...
There is more than enough there to keep me out of mischief in the short term.
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