A Place by the Sea

ISBN-13: 9781785075261 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 472 str.

Simon Clayton

Opis

Carter Talbot has served Her Majestys Government for all his adult life. He needs a rest.Nearly forty years in the Army and the FCO have taken him around the Worlds trouble spots, and into loads of trouble. His character and training have seen him through the worst of times. Now, its time to share his stories. He takes a pen name and hides away in the Outer Hebrides to write his memoirs.His well-deserved retirement is shattered when an unexpected element of the past catches up with him, leading into a whirlpool of long dormant emotions. A personal history of war, lost love and regret, looms large as he tries to come to terms with the different demands aimed in his direction, and in defending his place by the sea.In Simon Claytons second novel, he weaves together themes including genocide, heartbreak, family conflict, soldiering and revenge, through the looking glass of Talbots experience and the people in his life.This book will shock you, make you laugh, and make you cry.