3 College friends from 2 different backgrounds and 1 dark secret. From wild times in 1980's London, 25 years later to a reunion in Cheshire. Reunited by tragedy for an evening they will never forget. It is a novel about belonging, loyalty and the fragility of friendship, a thought provoking and evocative account of the friendship of Charles, Monty and Ben.The 80's atmosphere is vividly bought back to life and there is palpable tension between the friends throughout. You feel the hidden vulnerability of the characters subtly emerging as they try and turn back the years. Is meeting up again a good idea? You'll have to read it to find out. Likened in style to The Party by Elizabeth Day the book sits squarely within the parameters of commercial fiction, weaving past and present, but based on actual events. It is a moving and compelling account of the relationship between three college friends: Charles and Monty, two public school boys, and their spiritual rock', Ben. I feel there is more to the novel than the limitless supply of anecdotes to Thatchers London in the 1980's, and my challenge was to weave a thought provoking mystery into the plot. I hope I've done a good job and my audience will be able to either, remember or relate to that period. There are obviously nods to the current movers and shakers around Sloane square but i wasn't fully focused on any particular comparisons when i started writing the book.'I felt compelled to write Postcards after a good friend suffered the loss of his twin brother. I knew I had three exceptional lead characters and I had a great recall for events, people and places in London at that time. Luckily as a writer I had literary licence to embellish the story with a few cliffhangers and reveals, and I liked the idea that a momentous event like a death, would bring old friends back together.I also like the idea that our past and present all linked by invisible threads. I had not planned the ending and it was the help of my editor Hilary Mander, who created the 'There was more, there was always more.' climax. I am very pleased with how it turned out and how the novel is essentially just three men in room telling their individual stories.I feel 'Postcards from Pimlico, ' should be read, if at all possible in one sitting.
