Absolution 11/13/2008
 

A confused woman's marriage fails, her husband leaves for pastures new.
A young girl wishes ill of her lover. Mysteriously, moments later he is dead. The girl skips town.
An African-American takes revenge for his cousin's murder, after which, he is forced to flee the country.
A Hispanic prostitute faces death but is saved by a stranger. She wants to start afresh.
A barrister loses his job after rumours pertaining to drug use. He launches a new career in the underworld.
An English woman blames her father for her mother's death. She cannot move on without retribution.
A corrupt police officer takes things too far. He must face alternative justice.

These seven people will meet. - There will be war and conflict. - There will be sin and retribution. - There will be closure and finally, there will be judgement.

"Six sins the Lord doth hate, go for seven, you'll just fuck him off."
"No seremos exonerados nos quemaremos todos en el infierno."

 


Comments

Sye Pascoe

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:17:23

Michael Scott may possibly become the most successful author of the next few decades, just because he writes directly to the next generation. Swain doesn't.*

 

Lilian Kendrick

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:09:38

It shouldn't come as any surprise to know that I really liked this. It's the sort of thing that shoud be published, but I think you'd probably need to be "established" before someone would take it on because of its complexity.
The characters are really well-drawn and became almost visible to me even though you don't go overboard on physical description. I like the fact that it is action and dialogue driven rather than set in a sea of poetic description.
I like the way the way your characters talk as people really talk and not like characters in a book. I think the ending is just as it should be; it gives a sense that no matter what happens, we always end up back at the beginning - or is it the end?

You've dealt with so many themes and story lines and you haven't shied away from anything. Let's see, we have : love, violence, sex, death, abortion, drugs, murder etc., and characters who go through the whole gamut of human emotions. There's also so much humour to keep everything rounded and to soften the blows of some of the more hard-hitting sections.

If this gets taken up by a publisher I am sure the film-rights would sell for a fortune because it has all the ingredients for a best-selling film.

I'll read it again, by the way, because it really is up there with my personal top ten favourite books. Do you remember that Irish comedian who used to say "It's the way I tell them,"? That's what sums up why your books work for me - it's not just the stories - it's the way you tell them.

 

Love4u

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:36:32

wink

 



Leave a Reply