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The Year of Piss

I have published a short novel about piss. I’m quietly proud of it. More for the mischief than anything.

I haven’t really promoted it yet, but there’s a really nice interview with me by John Robinson here.

You can buy an expensive but excellent hardback edition here and/or a bargain paperback edition here. There’s also a digital edition in case you are a Borg. All editions contain a pair of illustrations by Landis Blair.

Anyway, this must be the year of piss because Rosie Holt has this amazing-sounding piss play going on. It’s called Churchill’s Urinal:

Freshly installed in 11 Downing Street, a fearless female Chancellor of the Exchequer is determined to get rid of the ancient urinal in her grace-and-favour en-suite. Intrigue overflows into outrage when it transpires that the porcelain was first tinkled on by that undying icon of Britishness, Winston Churchill. Soon, the whole nation has a view on this storm in a pisspot. Join us for this rambunctious romp through the corridors of power and discover whether our fearless Chancellor’s grip on her Budget red box can survive the clamour for her Whitehall washroom to be awarded a Blue Plaque.

Yellow heart emoji for piss freaks. 💛

Little Yellow Hardback

Hi S,

Thanks for your offer to proofread and I’ll keep it in mind for sure. I already have some reliable people for that but more eyes is always a good thing.

No spoilers! Actually, part of the gimmick this time (unless I change my mind) is to have no text on the cover at all and no synopsis online: let every reader come into it cold as ice.

This is partly because the premise is (a) a bit slight to be honest (b) works better as a weird surprise and (c) I like the idea of being mysterious/a tease.

At the moment, I envision it as a little yellow hardback with, as I say, zero text on the cover.

You already know more about this novel than anyone else.

RW