Horace And The Coin: The Adventures Of Horace Winterbottom In Australia

This book is not a Bill Bryson travel tale, or a Clive Cussler adventure classic, nor is it a Lee Childs tough guy drama. In many ways it's a Shakespearean love story with embossed tragedies. It is a story of a trip around Australia, meeting strangers and characters with various, sometimes nefarious habits. It is spiced with the sour lemon of death, the sweet honey of humour, and the arid and wet wonders of our vast, ocean lapping continent. All this is told through the eyes and words of an English travel writer, named Horace Winterbottom from the Cotswolds. Picture a Ricky Gervais lookalike, highlighting the colloquial consciousness of Australians, dressed in a Derby Bowler, sunglasses, a top half funeral suit, board shorts and thongs. And there you have Horace.Apart from the written word, the author also has a voice, via a simple two-dollar coin as it changes hands. Exchanging the coin can become a payment in a life experience. There is an engraved inscription on the side where the Queen should be, it states, 'love is a currency, spend it wisely'. Sadly, love as a currency, does not always get spent wisely. There is the love of vengeance and unrequited passion. There are life changes, which involve fear, hate, and just plain good and bad luck. The coin carries more than just a message, it offers hope. From lustful flings, great white shark encounters, exotic animal theft, the illegal diamond trade, Broome sunsets, Aboriginal characters, and top-end Darwinian encounters, our tale evolves. The story flows with blunt humour, loose tongues, and sharp knives. It is bookended with swords of lust, want, hate, and desire. The characters are numerous and connectable within six degrees of separation, and there is always the chance of unexpected love, even for Horace.

• | Author: Gary Carter
• | Publisher: Gj\\Carter
• | Publication Date: Oct 13, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 243 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0995368082
• | ISBN-13: 9780995368088