Fiction in English

Set in Manchester, this book brings to life a series of characters who are coarse, vulgar and outspoken. These include Nick Faunt, the young artist of genius, Piggy White, the bookmaker and Moses, his Jewish clerk, Rachel, Mo's sister, Sir George Faunt and Anna Fitzgerald.

Based on the life of John Thurtell.

Successful, admired, fairly happily married and ambitious, Steven Sheppard is very much a pillar of the community. But inside him lurks a little demon of boredom which prompts him to ask if there isn't more to life than this.