A tale of lust and betrayal spanning two continents. Set in London and New York in the 1980s. The author has adopted an almost autobiographic feeling to this book and journeys the reader through the ups and downs of being an adult. The type of book you won't want to put down, a young man's energetic quest for fun and love in London and how he deals with the ups and downs of his relationships. This book but is never boring and you won't want to put it down. Take it to the beach on holiday and I promise you'll be there until sundown unable to tear yourself away. The Taint Gallery grips the reader by mixing the emotions one would feel as a father forced into a doomed relationship. This book can make you laugh out loud so don't read it in open places! Granny better beware though, because at times this book can be a bit racy!! One to share with your partner, again and again.
About the Author: I started writing at the age of fifteen after taking my 'O' level early, I completed my first novel, Vive le Difference in 1977, a story set in France about Benson a British agent who breaks up a drug ring in France, sadly the manuscript was lost and Macmillan did not think that children would enjoy fast cars and car chases, Alex Rider had not hit the bookshelves in those days. In 1996, finished my first commercial book, which is now out of print, The Taint Gallery, was published and sold successfully, gaining a cult status. It tells the story of a love affair that was torrid and destined to fail. I write under the name Michael Fitzalan and my first three novels, Switch, a thriller narrated by an American in London, gained great praise at the time, as did Waterwitch, a story of two brothers sailing during the Falklands War. Subsequently, I have quietly been building a portfolio of books, UP, a comical novel about a family about to attend a coronation in Uganda, One, a story of a prep school boy who takes revenge on a school bully, Carom, a thriller pastiche of a Fleming novel, Innocent Proven Guilty, pays homage to The 39 Steps, and Remember the Fifth of November, an historical fiction purporting to tell the truth about Guy Fawkes. I have written an autobiography, Seventy-Seven, which shows the influence of punk, and the post punk fall-out, on a fifteen year old boy. I have also written a biography of a Hungarian miner, Karoly's Hungarian Tragedy, a political prisoner under the communist regime of the forties and fifties.