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Keith Hann has been writing a Big Novel for as long as anyone can remember, including him. His half million word blockbuster Summer Fields was completed in 1987, providing a unique perspective on the City of London at the advent of Thatcherism and the demise of traditional, gentlemanly stockbroking and public relations. This was combined with periodic excursions into deeply eccentric circles in Northumberland, and growing evidence of the author’s sexual frustration and mental instability. It has been partially read by several literary agents, who shared only an air of growing disbelief.
Since Keith is noted for having the exact opposite of a vivid imagination, subsequent efforts have all been on uncannily similar lines. Usually involving a fat white bloke who doesn’t have much luck in getting his leg over, and who is rather fond of Border terriers.
Most days Keith can be found hunched over his word processor, cackling like Dr Frankenstein as he adds another few thousand words to his latest opus. This is Care in the Community in action in Northumberland today.
We’ll let you know if he ever finds a publisher.
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