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YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM THE PAST FOREVER'Mike', an English expat, is a man with a hidden past. On a tropical island in the Gulf of Thailand, he ferries tourists on the back of his bike by night and dreams of being a writer by day. His only obligations are to Lily, his motherly landlady, and Captain Bandura, the corrupt local cop. Otherwise, his life is quiet and solitary. Until Laura arrives.She says she's a visiting speaker at a climate conferenc...

Dying is the Last Thing You Ever Want to Do Seventeen-year-old Josie is a miner's daughter, a good Catholic girl and brilliant at school. She might even get to University because her Aunt May has come into some insurance money. But then a man called Hitler invades Poland and her whole world is ravaged by the v

The time of your life comes at a priceLuke, though only 18, already has baggage. An overbearing mother for one, and a past trauma that continues to haunt him. So he takes a holiday with his best mates. A chance for them to forget everything for a week and get boozed and sexed up.But the island party scene brings long-standing tensions to the fore. Soon, Luke is making new friends, like the charismatic DJ K-OS and the alluring but untouchable A...

Sex & Death and Other Stories, plays with the unsayable. This collection of short stories venture into territories many people would rather not find themselves. It explores the human condition in a way that slips under the radar of pretence and affectation. The characters in the stories are recognisably human: flawed, damaged, greedy.

Ray Brown's new novel Whoosh! puts a gallery of characters in desperate situations to capture a fictional snapshot of a real time and place. Leeds, 1979, the year of Thatcher's election and the death of Sid Vicious.Police racism, mid-life crises, vandalism, cottaging, social displacement, sexual promiscuity and self-discovery all add to the pathos, black humour and tragicomedy as events race to a catastrophic finale.It's an ordinary Saturday i...