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The Poet And The Prostitute: A Novella
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 24 2021
Pages: 102
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.21 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
'THE POET AND THE PROSTITUTE'
Son to a drug-dependent, single-parent, work-from-home prostitute, eleven-year-old Ryan defends his mother from abusive clients and tackles ridicule from schoolyard bullies. Seeking solace in time-lost literature, he becomes a pained poet before he has learnt how to play. Kim does the best she can to raise him, but with little means to support herself, her boy and her spiralling drug addiction, she struggles to even keep a roof over their heads and food in their bellies. Darren, a particularly abusive client, is making their life a living Hell too.
Then Kim meets Byron, a similarly lost soul, seeking any kind of human connection even if he must pay for the company. Kim and Byron form an unlikely union, with Ryan in the trio forming something of an oddball, makeshift, temporary family unit. It does not take long before Darren finds out, who becomes even more determined to ruin their lives...
Tadhg Culley is a Professional Screenwriter, Published Author and Poet from the UK. He has written ten feature film screenplays, eight TV series scripts, eight published books, one novella, one memoir, one collection of short stories, over three hundred poems, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theatre, animation and games. He is a BAFTA Scholar and graduate of both the National Film & TV School (NFTS) & the University of Creative Arts (UCA).
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