Subtitled ‘The Dry Crumbs Of An Adventure’, this is a humorous tale of unlikely events taking the reader from darkest London to even darker Egypt via routes made more convoluted than expected by the hapless participants.

Two ‘gentlemen’, I use the term loosely for these men, earn their comfortable if confined living by producing an archaeological journal not noted for its research or veracity. They perform within a self-delusional world where reality has rarely disturbed their contentment until one inauspicious day when the promise of glamour and possible fame and riches intrudes into their underachieving world. Thrown into a world where reality collides with their own severely limited experiences, they face unexpected violence and potential painful death with all the awareness of a pair of profoundly dense bricks.

The characters in this book drive both the tale and the humour, supplemented by the author’s excellent sketches. Wonderfully convoluted adventures result in consequences their inexperience of reality has failed to prepare them for, but coincidence, accident, and sheer undeserved good luck combine to prevent their demise.

There is a sort of love story entangled with the exploits both intended and involuntary, but I won’t reveal the outcome of that aspect as it might spoil the tension of the tale for readers.
The humour is very British and had me smiling, grinning, smirking and, just now and again, laughing out loud.

This is one of those books that can only be enjoyed by reading; unless, of course, you know of another way!

[Any review is a personal opinion. No reviewer can represent the view of anyone else. The best we can manage is an honest reaction to any given book.]

Message for my regular readers: apologies for the lack of info on the current WIP. After a break from the madness of the online experience, I’m taking a little time to catch up on things I should have done earlier so that, when I get back to the current piece of writing, I can concentrate on it fully. So, there will be a few of these posts over the next few days, and then I’ll be back at the novel. I hope you can be patient with me for that short period. Thank you.