A Fate Better Than Life

Alexander and George Pace are funeral crashers. Holed up prematurely in a musty nursing home, Alexander inveigles his cantankerous twin brother into gate crashing the wakes of 'friends' he wishes he had. However, after a trip to the funeral of George's former teammate turns unexpectedly sour, Alexander's plans to smugly freewheel towards life's inevitable conclusion are left in turmoil when a fellow mourner unsticks a plaster that hides a life wounded by gut-wrenching heartache and betrayal. Now Alexander must decide whether ghosts of the past will snag his wooly contentment, or encourage him to face up to the possibility of a fate that he never imagined was possible- A Fate Better Than Life.

Born in Dundee, Marcus now lives in Dublin where he works as a teacher of English and Physical Education. Having started his working life as a professional footballer, he played in Scotland, England and in Ireland before studying English and Psychology at Dundee University. Marcus worked as a journalist with a leading Scottish news agency before turning his attention to the teaching career he remains in today. 'A Fate Better Than Life' is Marcus' first novel.