Perking the Pansies - Jack and Liam move to Turkey

[Jack Scott]

Perking the Pansies

Just imagine the absurdity of two openly gay, recently ‘married’ middle aged, middle class men escaping the liberal sanctuary of anonymous London to relocate to a Muslim country.

Jack and Liam, fed up with kiss-my-arse bosses and nose-to-nipple commutes, quit their jobs and move to a small town in Turkey. Join the culture-curious gay couple on their bumpy rite of passage in a Muslim country. Meet the oddballs, VOMITs, vetpats, emigreys, semigreys, debauched waiters and middle England miseries. When bigotry and ignorance emerge from the crude underbelly of Turkey’s expat life, Jack and Liam waver. Determined to stay the course, the happy hedonistas hitch up their skirts, move to the heart of liberal Bodrum and fall in love with their intoxicating foster land. Enter Jack’s irreverent world for a right royal dose of misery and joy, bigotry and enlightenment, betrayal and loyalty, friendship, love, earthquakes, birth, adoption and a senseless murder. Perking the Pansies will make you laugh out loud one minute and sob into your crumpled tissue the next.

"An entertaining story, told with wit and insight."
Paul Burston, author, The gay Divorcee

[SARA]

Greetings from London

I just came across this book - This sounds fabulous, definetely on my reading list.

I am new to the family, so look forward to getting to know you all.

When you get a moment you may want to take a look at my book.

My book also has references to Turkey and its people,,please do let me know what you think

all the best

Sara

Kismet, Fate, Call It What You Like

By Sara Solomon

Darius, the resident Persian cat, narrates the lives of five households in this exclusive, private close somewhere in the English countryside. You will meet folk from all different walks of life, from American, Turkish, Jewish, Muslim, rich to poor, the lucky, the unlucky. 

The stories, some funny, some sad, will unveil people from all over the world with the same fears and aspirations. Doesn’t matter what language you speak, how big your stamp collection, people are people. Wherever in the world you live, a tear is a tear, a headache is a headache and a smile is a smile. Life is the same all over. So every person holding this book is already in it.

Can none of us escape what’s meant to be? As Darius might say, “Take me for instance. My life could have been very different. I could have ended up being owned by a raving alcoholic, eating smelly scraps out of a plastic bowl. Only I didn’t. I am fed on the best tuna money can buy, served in a silver bowl engraved with my name. So what’s all that about then? As my mother says, ‘Kismet, fate, call it what you like’.”

 

Paperback ISBN: 9781780352282

Available at:

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Coming to Amazon and Waterstones soon....