AND THE TIGERS COME AT NIGHT is a funny and light hearted book on a subject as serious as life itself. The author was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in 2004 at the comparatively young age of 62. The diagnosis resulted in major surgery. The book traces the four months from diagnosis to operating theatre. Down what the author calls 'THE PROSTATE PATH'. It deals with the fears the hopes - the Tigers that visit him in the pre-dawn. It faces each stage with humour and fun, dealing light-heartedly, not only pre-op, but the aftermath and the resulting problems as well. No-one who reads it can fail...

Many Days In August is the story of Victor Bravery, of those he loved, those who loved him and those who died for him. It is the story of the growth of a business empire from two rusty canal barges, to a fleet that became the pride of the canals. Of village cricket played in the idyllic setting of an English summerAs day. Of the courage and the pain of friends who willingly swapped cricket bats for rifles, whites for uniforms, and the village green for the battlefields of war torn France, It is about many August days in the life of an extraordinary young man. It is the story of the enduring...

And The Tigers Come Again, is the second book in a planned trilogy. Book One dealt with, and walked the reader along, what Basil called, The Prostate Path, from Diagnosis to ultimate surgery. It was highly acclaimed, highly amusing, and extremely light hearted look at a serious subject. A MUST read for any man who has faced the prospect of Prostate Cancer

A long time ago when Basil's children were small, they were enjoying a ski-ing holiday in Austria. One night there was a big storm but the next morning was bright and sunny. Basil was ski-ing with Jeremy (who was just six years old) when they found a small twig that had broken away from its tree. This small twig looked just like the drawings you will find throughout this book. There could, of course, be no other name for him than 'Twig' and from that day on Basil used to make up stories about all the wonderful adventures that Twig and Jeremy enjoyed. The wonderful characters you will meet...

This may be a book about an 'ordinary' life but it is more than that, much more. Firstly, if Basil Jay's life has been 'ordinary', then the Bugatti Veyron Super Sports is a family saloon. In his life he has been described as many things. A Surveyor, a Businessman, and an Entrepreneur. A Musician, a Poet, a Writer and a Thespian. An Adventurer, a Chancer, a Receiver of Stolen Goods, an Alleged Money Launderer, a Tax Fugitive (as denounced in the Houses of Parliament). But most of all, a Husband, a Father and a Grandfather, and finally an ex-patriot living in a hot and balmy exile where he was...