Hayes, Clifford James

Clifford James Hayes is a burnt-out, fat old woman in his forties. People seem to think him mad and antisocial, which he quite enjoys. He is always ill. There is more to tell ... he was grudgingly taken-in by merciless Russian blubber pirates when he was but an infant. He endured a childhood of abject cruelty, humiliation and slavery, before being forcibly ejected for 'looking at his foster parents in a funny way'. Remarkably, this rejection was turned into academic success - despite further abject cruelty, humiliation and slavery being administered on him by callous, disinterested tutors, who...