Description
A fantasy of the familiarly absurd, 'Love & Light & Marzipan' is a story that takes on all the big stuff: Identity, how all things connect and not being able to find the marmalade.
Following a freak accident, Henry Salmon, a young vicar, possessed by the consciousness of Trone Scorges, an alien explorer, goes into a coma. In order to save Henry's life, Trone and his companions are forced to intervene, but when the accident is revealed to be just one of many events that should not have occurred, they are required to correct the anomalies in time, that they themselves are responsible for. Unused to the vagaries of causality, they encounter baffling features of human existence such as freewill, coincidence and cotton buds , whilst simultaneously and unintentionally becoming more humanised in the process. It eventually becomes apparent that in order to fulfil their obligations to their human hosts, sacrifices must be made, as the worlds of the predictably ordinary and amazingly weird fight it out over who gets the last biscuit...
'This is somebody who can actually, really, really write with a flourish - with a curlicue!' - Mark Kermode
About the Author
Robert Elland is the pen name of English writer and musician Rich Musgrave. Of Northern stock, he moved to London in the 1980s, working as a session and gigging drummer. More recently he has guested as percussionist for Ivor Novello award winning singer/songwriter Scott Matthews. He is currently writing his second novel 'The Bell' and collating 'Long shorts, short shorts & very short shorts', a collection of his essays and articles.
Reviews
'This is somebody who can actually, really, really write with a flourish - with a curlicue! -- Mark Kermode, presenter & reviewer
Book Information
ISBN 9781805140085
Author Robert Elland
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Matador
Publisher Troubador Publishing