The Sulk

Stephen Byrne, an architect, undergoes a reluctant, painful metarmorphosis, triggered by events within his marriage and business partnership, discarding a successsful career and materialism in a quest for fulfillment and creativity. The double edged nature of ultimatums, the often moral shoddiness and compromising nature of success, the brevity and frustrating nebulous expectations of life are brought into focus and scrutinized.

Born of Irish parents, Sean Rian has lived in London most of his life. Now retired and divorced, after intensive involvement throughout the years in construction, property and travel, his main preoccupations are serious reading and extensive travel.