A tale of isolation and the madness that follows. Rufus Manning, a once aspiring author, has fallen through the cracks of Glasgow and into the gutter of long-term unemployment. One appointment a week. One heartless conversation. Then nothing for six days. Hanging. Haunting. Quiet. What to do? He conjures movements out of the void, falling ever deeper into his tortured mental landscape until the lines are no longer blurred - they are obliterated. Tea parties with his royal goldfish? The unlawful arrest of an ethnic Big Ben miniature clock? A game of hide-and-seek with the Bonnie Prince Charlie?! Not to mention, full-blown re-enactments of battles from his failed military novel ''Absent without leaving.'' His main character and alter-ego extraordinaire is the notorious Colonel Manning. After a number of grueling campaigns during the Second World War, he finally snaps and begins embarking upon a war of his own design. He is loyal to no man. Not even himself. His mission: to fight for the cause. The result: destruction, usually.

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• Publication Date: January 12, 2019
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