Books
by Stephen May
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Green Ink |
Chequers 1920 and Prime Minister, Lloyd George, is in bed with his influential mistress, Frances Stevenson. They are the subject of active interest for the intelligence service. Meanwhile he is worried about a possible scandal involving the sale of honours, something about which Victor Grayson, an erratic, bisexual former Labour MP, knows too much. Lloyd George's disgruntled family is an extra problem. The author adds speculation, colour and a liberal sprinkling of sex to these true elements and the result, if not a great novel, adds up to an intriguing and often amusing entertainment.
(Tony Pratt - bwl 117 Summer 2025) |
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Wake Up Happy Every Day |
A struggling English couple staying with a friend in San Francisco make the most of his sudden death and become hugely rich. The plot thickens and draws in a selection of characters (though the change from person to person does take some persistence) to create a rather implausible but irresistible thriller with many pithy and quite thoughtful comments on all sorts of things. It's a light and amusing read, though I skimmed some of the digressions.
(Victoria Grey-Edwards - bwl 76 Spring 2015) |
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