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Welcome To Kent is the story of The Maidstone Express: officially 'Britain's Shittest Paper' for the fourth consecutive year, according to a Guardian survey. It churns out stories about killer pot holes, custard powder shortages and newsagents that sell out of date pasties. The editor is suicidal, the chief reporter is a racist and there's a sex offender running the sports desk. When they accidentally libel a local surgeon the Express is on the brink of collapse, until it's rescued by a billionaire buy-to-let tycoon from South Africa. He installs a technology consultant, two talented but suspect executives and bankrolls a circulation war with the Express's reputable rival, the Maidstone Herald. The Herald's Star reporter Mo Godwin once dreamed about getting a job at the Daily Mail and coming up with a story so ludicrous it would shut the paper down. Now he's trying to track down a girl who vanished into thin air during a school trip, with local radio DJ Peter Pope the chief suspect. Godwin becomes convinced his former employers at the Express are hacking his stories but his bosses think he's making excuses. When the local priest's adopted daughter is abducted and no one seems interested in finding her he has the chance to solve both cases, save his newspaper and his career - all while trying to stop his best friend from marrying a piece of American trailer trash twice his age. Welcome to Kent is tale of prejudice in the deep south ... of England, set as a satire of the disintegrating local newspaper industry.
About the Author: Fred Atkins was born in Maidstone in 1973 and spent much of his formative years at Maidstone United's Athletic Ground. He attended Oakwood Park Grammar School, Sussex University and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Strasbourg. After graduation he drifted into the arena of unemployment and barely noticed a difference. He then spent three years as an English teacher, in his words "teaching foreign students how to swear", before stumbling into journalism with the Maidstone News. He became sports editor of the Kent Messenger and went on to work for the Associated Press, covering the England cricket team for five years, including two Ashes series and the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup. He now works as a copy writer and as the media manager and website editor for the Lashings All-Stars cricket team. Fred is the author of three books. "The Double, the story of Maidstone United's 2001-2002 season", followed by "Tour de Kent" (published by Breedon Books in 2009) and "Arsenal: The French Connection" (published by GCR Books in 2012). He compiled "The Arsenal Quote Book", to be published in autumn 2016. Fred also edited "Stuck In A Moment" by Stewart Taylor, which was longlisted for the 2014 William Hill Award. He lives in Allington with his wife Wendy and daughter, Sylvia. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781548609092
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 342
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 394 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1548609099
  • Publisher Date: 04 Jul 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: (Sorry About The Racists)
  • Width: 140 mm


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