Tag Archives: Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle

That Moment… #heatwave #flies #hotellife #1976 #deadfliesandsherrytrifle

Posted on Jun 30, 2020 by TanGental

It’s been incorrigibly hot here recently and the flies have been dying in their dozens, usually between the secondary glazing and the windows. How do they get it? I’ve never understood musca domestica and its penchant to peg out in … Continue reading →

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Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle

Posted on Jan 8, 2017 by TanGental

My book is being featured on Monday January 9th 2017 at http://www.BookPebble.com. Check it out if you are interested in a cracking read! It’s summer 1976 and hotter than Hades. Harry Spittle, nineteen, is back from University, aiming to earn … Continue reading →

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Dead Flies (again)…

Posted on Nov 8, 2014 by TanGental

Now, before I bore you all, some news and reviews The news is the paperback version is live. Well I’ve approved the proof and the machinery tells me it will now be available on Amazon platforms. It should link up … Continue reading →

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Clerking for Boys

Posted on Oct 31, 2014 by TanGental

Harry Spittle is 24 and an articled clerk at Clifford Risely, a three partner firm of Solicitors based in Central London.  It is June 1981 and all appears rosy. In six months he will qualify as a solicitor; his on-off girlfriend Penny … Continue reading →

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It’s live!

Posted on Oct 21, 2014 by TanGental

It’s exciting to announce, as foreshadowed last week, that my first novel DEAD FLIES AND SHERRY TRIFLE is now available on Kindle. Here’s the link. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Flies-Sherry-Trifle-Geoff-ebook/dp/B00OPDDQU4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413879763&sr=8-1&keywords=geoff+le+pard If you do decide to try it out, then please think about a review. … Continue reading →

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Busy Bees and Idle Hands

Posted on Oct 16, 2014 by TanGental

Some of you may have noticed a falling off in my postings. I have a reason, though not an excuse. As I’ve mentioned here before I completed a novel for an MA a while back and have been dithering and … Continue reading →

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First edition

Posted on Sep 4, 2014 by TanGental

I have mentioned my slow, even tortuous progress to publishing my book, Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle. You can read the first three chapters here. Well, the story so far (ha!) is I think I’m nearly there. I have a … Continue reading →

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Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle

Posted on Jun 1, 2014 by TanGental

  I have a favour to ask. The Artist has been working on some ideas for a cover for my book, Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle (see above), and I’m wondering what people think. What appeals? What looks best? Do people … Continue reading →

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Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle

Posted on May 16, 2014 by TanGental

I’ve been wondering when I’d have the courage to post something from the book I wrote for my MA. I took the MA in Sheffield, not because there wasn’t a more distant University from my home in South London than … Continue reading →

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