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On the Pavement of the Tides
Paperback
General FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781726762175
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 18 2018
Pages: 310
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.65 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Imagine that on a solitary coastal walk you watch a lone ballerina dancing on an embankment, outlined above the marshes against a full moon. Who is she? Why does she come here? Simon, a bespectacled Jewish librarian and reformed drunkard, finds his life turned inside-out by just such a vision. He spies on the girl and cannot rest until he discovers the strange truth about her.
But he is involved with Suzy, a dreamy misfit who works at a tripe shop, and with Roger, her brute boyfriend, in a non-Euclidean love triangle. They strive to make sense of Southport, a bizarre English seaside town where feral wallabies, hooded parades, terrorists and invisible stranglers complicate life.
When Simon finds out that his vanished father was a diamond thief, rumours of hidden loot and offers of violent death abound. But the course of true love is as bent as a dog's hind leg. Through moments of dark comedy and mild horror, Suzy and Simon battle their way toward a happy ending.
This offbeat satire is for anyone who likes to see a bohemian romance win out against the odds in the surreal modern world.
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