A Conspiracy of Hope - Softcover

Cannon, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852425172 ISBN 13: 9781852425173

Publisher: Serpents Tail, 1996

Synopsis

Lazy, feckless and unfaithful, Jamie sets out aiming to become everything he was taught not to be; as far as he's concerned, his parents' work ethic is as useful as a condom machine in the Vatican. So he blazes a hedonistic trail, sustained by hormonal drives and a desire to get one over on the world. Rachel - thoughtful, industrious and introspective - is also trying to escape her inheritance. She embarks on a journey which brings her into contact with Jamie. Their meeting is brief and of consequence. Following on from The Borough, his highly acclaimed first novel, A Conspiracy of Hope is a modern day love story with attitude that puts Michael Cannon at the forefront of new British fiction.

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About the Author

I was born in 1958, attended a Secondary School until the age of 17 and left without intentions of going on to further education. I became an apprentice engineer, but left after around a year. I then worked for the Inland Revenue but was pathetically bad as a Civil Servant. I stuck that out for about a year also and left to take up whatever desultory occupations I could to make ends meet: I worked as a labourer on a building site, a warehouseman, a general dogsbody in a factory manufacturing carpet sweepers. I painted lamp posts for a local authority. I took all the money I had out of the bank and went to America, to return less than two months later with no money and no prospects. I then worked in the Shetland Islands doing elementary logistics for a company which helped construct an oil terminal. These were just some of the jobs. There are more. I eventually decided to return to full time education. At the age of 23 I attended a College of Further Education to study for the exams to gain admittance to University. I read English and graduated four years later with an honours degree. I currently live near Glasgow with my wife and daughter. I work at Strathclyde University. Aside from The Borough and A Conspiracy of Hope, published by Serpents Tail, I've also had short stories published in several Scottish Anthologies. In August 2006 Lachlan's War was published by Viking Penguin.

Review

?Cannon?s unpretentious style slides seamlessly between humour, eroticism and the poetic? The Guardian ?Cannon?s ingenious, humorous tale gives us an insight into the male psyche - read it, and the war between the sexes will never be the same again? Cosmopolitan ?A punchy and engaging love story which weaves its way through a host of very different worlds? Maxim

About this edition

• Publisher: Serpents Tail
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1852425172
• ISBN 13: 9781852425173
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288