My upcoming novel...
… is so brand-new that it won’t be in the shops until November 2022. but don’t worry, i’m planning a ton of things in the build-up to the launch, starting right here on my website.
some of you may have guessed that the picture above owes quite a bit to the first ‘trainspotting’ movie. okay, let’s be honest, i haven’t yet contacted Danny Boyle, but that’s the punk ethos in action – you don’t need permission for anything!! plus it’s a great movie, and one of my greatest inspirations for ‘hotel amnesia’.
meanwhile, down below i’ve created a little teaser for each of the characters who star in the novel, with a few hints as to what each character’s strengths or weaknesses might be.
which character is YOUR favorite? and don’t just pic Zeb because he’s the main protagonist 🙂
Zebedee needs to find a way kill the pain
being bipolar is bad enough. but having to take the shitty pills Dr. M&N prescribes just makes things worse. when Zebedee decides to go his own way, thank god the crazies at AA are there to help him get by until his sanity returns.
Florence loves punk rock, it's just that her boyfriend is a river rafter
when Florence moved to Lotusland to escape her life in London, she brought her cocaine habit along for the ride. together with a box of classic punk records she stole off her ex-boyfriend. two secrets too many when it comes to trying to live a sober life with Zebedee.
Spaceboy has a message for the kids of today: LET THE CHILDREN BOOGIE!!
what with his day job as a freelance astronaut and his incredible ability to embellish even the most fantastic story, it seems like Spaceboy is the ideal sponsor and role model for a bipolar teen going through a manic phase. but has he really come down from the stars with a message that will save the children, or is he just trying to find someone gullible enough to believe in him?
Magdalena is anyone you want her to be
with her wild and wonderful stories about her ‘Broken Angels’, a posse of raunchy women who used to work the streets of Lotusland before their untimely deaths, Magdalena seems an unlikely spiritual guide. but when the going gets tough, Florence’s sponsor is able to deliver the goods, teaching the young lovers how to laugh in the face of their greatest enemy.
Piggy Farlust is TOTALLY committed to finding god. Unless of course you offer him a warm cup of soup and comfy bed...
it’s unsure whether Piggy Farlust has anything at all to do with Ziggy Stardust, or whether he ever met the Spiders from Mars. what’s certain, however, is that he’s the most useless messiah in the entire universe. his failures are so epic in scope that the only place he has even a chance of redemption is the drug-ridden streets of Lotusland, and a mission to go head-to-head with the devil himself.
Pingo the Punk just wants to steal your girlfriend
he’s a drug dealer and a pimp, and only goes to AA meetings to pick up more girls. so why would Florence have a soft spot for him? so long as she’s hanging on to the memory of her punk boyfriend still waiting for her back in London, she’ll never escape the clutches of this miserable parasite.
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