John
is not a very nice man. He works for the government. So who has tied him to a
chair and what do they want? James is a British soldier during WWII. Tom is a
young boy with a terrible secret
Three
stories. Three very different people. All of them battling to survive.
About
the Author
Michael
Cargill is an up and coming author who lives in Surrey, England. In mid-2011 he
published his first book and has gone on to publish several more.
Although
known for his dramatic and engaging stories he is also a satirist and humorist.
He encourages people to take a look at his humorous work -
http://michaelcargill.wordpress.com/
Fun
Facts
DDS:
Who is your favourite Character and why? (one of your own creation –
published/unpublished)
Probably
John the Baptist from the first story in Shades of Grey. Despite the nickname he is neither an angel
nor a holy man – quite the opposite in fact.
Although he is a violent person, he has his own moral code that prevents
him from being a complete psychopath.
He
also has an immense amount of fun doing the things that he does.
DDS:
On a deserted island – you would take which 3 things?
Pants,
socks, umbrella. There is a saying that
goes “wear clean underwear in case you have an accident,” and there is no
escaping it’s wisdom just because you are stranded on a desert island. If you had an accident, like falling down a
deep hole, and some cannibals found you, if they saw that your underwear was
dirty how would you ever get over it?
The
umbrella is mainly because cocktails never look right without one.
DDS:
One thing readers would be surprised to know about you…
I
have a tattoo of a question mark on my upper left arm.
DDS:
Your favourite food / drink and a funny incident tied to it.
I
love curry and have had several embarrassing episodes whilst drunk in an Indian
restaurant. I had a night out with work
and people were filming me making stupid faces and noises. I probably annoyed most of the other diners.
Another
time there was some drunk, homeless man ambling around outside the
restaurant. I went out to talk to him
and try to bring him inside. I couldn’t
understand a word he was saying and I don’t think he could understand me
either. It was beautiful.
DDS:
If you were a part of a horror movie – which character would you be?
The
director. I would shout at everyone, ask
for lots of tea, coffee and bacon sandwiches and just be a complete pain. If the film flopped I would just blame it on
the rubbish actors.
DDS:
Is it true that you were microwaving some eggs and one of them exploded in your
face when you took them out?
It is
true, yes. How the hell did you
know? I love eggs and so was looking
forward to them. I opened the lid, got
ready to tuck in when POW! Right in the face.
When
I asked him about the USP of his book...
It’s
well good, like.
It is
a collection of three different stories and all three are very different from
each other. Some bits will make you
laugh, some bits might make you think and others… well, you will just have to
find that out for yourself!
In
each story the main character is thrown into a situation that they have no
control over, with each of them handling it in different ways. In the first story you have John the Baptist
(my hero *swoon*) being naughty and trying to counter other people’s
naughtiness.
In
the second story you have a rookie WWII soldier who comes of age when he
realizes that war isn’t as black and white as he first thought.
Lastly,
the third story has a young boy realize that his most prized possession isn’t
all that it seems…
Hmmm,
reading all that back I sound like a salesman.
Does it count as a USP? I am
starting to feel like an estate agent, can someone put me out of my misery
please?
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I must admit, that title had me thinking you were reviewing the controversial erotica novel. The incredibly close title may work for or against Michael. My fingers are crossed that it works for him!
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, but it wasn't intentional!
DeleteI was actually surprised at just how many books there were with that title.
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