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My fellow author GH Neal has published a fantastic new novel that, for the next few days only, will be free on Amazon.
Format: Paperback
I was a believer in the cause before reading word one of Arriba. Last summer, I happened upon, or perhaps was led by sophisticated algorithms, to G. H. Neale's Archipelago: a Problem. I was knocked on my Yankee arse by that one! It was the most high-minded and erudite contemporary novel that I had ever read, frankly. It would have fit better in the time of Joyce and Pound, than the time of reality television and internet memes. That fact may go a long way in explaining the novel’s relative obscurity. Sadly.
So I dug into Arriba with the highest hopes, and I’ll have you know (all of you!) that I was not disappointed. There is plenty of fuel here for the most esoteric mind trips; expansive expounding on fine art, history and architecture, yet Arriba is a tighter novel than Archipelago. The plot is more discernible, the action more linear, and the characters more defined, which, I believe, gives the psychological dissections that are the meat of Neale’s offering more credibility and weight. Let’s dive in.
Arriba follows four friends on vacation in Madrid. They are: a dissipated architect and his humorless, kleptomaniacal wife, teaming with an eccentric, young artist and his pregnant, Jesus-loving partner. Intertwined is the prosaic predicament of an African girl sold into sex-slavery in Spain. The action is basically a lot of bar/museum/café-hopping, colored by colorful soliloquies. Questions of identity, sexual, societal, national and existential, preoccupy throughout, driving the most dramatic turns in the novel. And there are some jaw-droppers in here. None that I wish to spoil, however.
Love and morality are predominant themes. Morality, it is proposed, is an arbitrary course in the intrepid feast of being; but take heed, skipping one’s veggies might ultimately make one disgusting and obvious, bloated with gout. Then too, too ascetic a diet might make one mad, mad for the mystery of the obsessions of the flesh. Oh, it is a right good and randy time, this Arriba! Just punching out this paltry paean is getting me excited to read the thing again!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Biography
Mr G H Neale was born the same week as the death penalty was abolished in the United Kingdom – a matter of some good fortune. He is occasionally accompanied by his wife and three children as he traverses the highways and byways of the Kentish countryside.
He appears in pseudonym as Señor Sin Nombre, and from time to time blogs a bit about distressing matters here: http://archipelagoaproblem.blogspot.co.uk/
Get Published !!
This is YOUR CHANCE to get your story or poem in print in a published book that you can hold, read and share.
THERE IS NO CHARGE OR COST TO YOU AT ALL. We are confident that the sales will cover the set up cost that we will pay up front! We want nothing from you other than your writing. We would like to have this book ready by no later than November so we can get it out for Xmas ( How nice would it be to give a present of your writing to a loved one )
The books theme will be about mental health, depression, but that doesn't mean you need to submit writing about that subject (but it would help lol)
Simply send your work to 'talesoftheunaccepted@gmail.com'....Please feel free to share this, with your own friends list so that they may get this opportunity...We've all got a book in us, now is the time to see it in print.
If you have an idea, but it's not ready yet, just let us know and we will book a slot in the book for you...
