Four Comic Novellas

"The four novellas in this book were written in 2018, a pre-covid age which today seems almost innocently trouble-free compared to the current virus-induced social, political and economic upheavals the world is grappling with. On the plus side, the lockdown allowed opportunity and time for me to re-read these stories and tidy them up for publication. Regardless of the contemporary turmoil, one thing remains constant and that is the importance of laughter. So Heaven sent laughs about religion's absurdity, Modern society about the art world's gullibility and pretentiousness, and most important of all, The last judgement about the modern scourge of contrived offence-taking and the clamour by attention-seekers to regiment everyone's thinking. Finally, there's Risk and reward, a short crime story with a catch"--Introduction.