The Brain of Brian

Résumé du livre

Phil is telling tales! Sometimes stories can entrance you and invoke your imagination. They demand your involvement, capture your attention and create an effect that stays with you, sometimes for life! This is reading at its best. I have read many great novels that have had such a deep emotional effect on me that I remember to today and will probably always remember. However, there are many novels that I have started to read and have never finished that have left me with a feeling that I have just wasted a lot of my time reading the book as far as I did. But that is the joy of short stories. The effect is immediate. The enjoyment is quick. But if it is really good, it stays with you as long as reading a great novel and has the same lasting memory. In this selection of short stories, some hopefully will have that effect. They have been written over many years and about the most varied of subjects. One or two will surely find that emotional hotspot in you that will you enjoy and remember. A fast fix of emotions, a satisfying read. But, if a particular story was not for you, then you haven't wasted much of your valuable time and perhaps you have been informed about a subject that you would not normally have chosen and there are still plenty more to read. This book includes short stories that I hope you will find Imaginative and humorous, covering a broad variety of topics from Brian's brain transplant, to life through the eyes of one very clever and sophisticated seagull. Feel the terror of a young pilot trying to escape from a shot up Spitfire in the Battle of Britain, share the experience of a couple trying to escape the attentions of a rutting Stag in Bushy Park and help save the life of an injured vulture in South America .From dark humour and tense drama to light hearted and feel good, these stories are here for you to enjoy. *For the record, the cover photo was taken in Bushy Park on the day of the incident with the stag.