1979 in the tiny English village of Little Saddlington where
local auctioneers Rubicon & Shipley find their next auction has
been mysteriously publicised around the world causing thousands of
people to descend upon it, many to find their lives become changed
through the extraordinary occurrences created by The Great
Convergence .
Major George Roberts lives in a cottage on a stretch of salmon
river next to Little Saddlington. Still wracked by nightmares of
the defeat and slaughter of his men during world war two the Major
has been fighting a twelve year running battle with his landlord
Geoffrey Rawlston, who has unsuccessfully tried everything possible
to force the Major out of the cottage. Now that the Major cannot
afford to renew his lease Rawlston will finally get the cottage and
salmon fishings back, forcing the Major to move to a retirement
home.
All over the world people are making plans to come to what has
been advertised as a very important auction. General Chuck Verbeer
from America, an Arab Sheikh from the Ahram desert, Bill Boyd from
Australia and Hiroyuki Takada from Japan arrive along with
thousands of people who overwhelm the tiny village.
The villagers and crowds of visitors become embroiled in chaotic
scenes throughout the six day auction, but in amongst the chaos
there is much more going on than meets the eye and in the end there
is a very different outcome for the auctioneer and his silent
backer than the one they were expecting as there is for almost
everyone involved, including the Crow that was a Rook
Book Excerpt:
The daggers came even closer.
But you would be welcome in my home for no payment at all, as
are all the peoples who wander upon the earth. What is the
price?
I can t, I mean, really, you must understand
Silence We shall not wait longer for I can see that you are a
difficult man. As you will not give us the price the Sheikh snapped
his fingers and the one who was not the Religious One produced a
flat bag from within his robes and handed it to him without moving
his eyes from Rawlston or removing the dagger from his face.
The Sheikh produced a fistful of money from the bag.
This is what we offer to stay in your house
Rawlston looked in amazement at the large wad of notes in the
Sheikh s hand.
Take it or we go
A shaken Geoffrey Rawlston took the money and the Arabs walked
past him into the hallway and on into the lounge. He ran after
them.
But don t you want to count what you ve just given me?
The Sheikh made a dismissive gesture.
We would like to eat now.
Eat?
Yes, you do eat I suppose?
Rawlston nodded dumbly.
Well have you any lamb?
Lamb?
Yes, it is a small sheep.
Oh, lamb Yes, I ll get some lamb You just hang on here and I ll
organise some food
The Sheikh sighed.
Rawlston s brain had finally overcome the shock and shifted into
gear as he realised how valuable these guests of his might be
considering the large amount of money they had just furnished him
with.
Good, we will look to establish ourselves in your house, find
our places to sleep and await your call to dine.
Dine? Yes, of course, I ll just be a little while your, er
He backed out of the room half bowing and left them to get his
car and go shopping.
Book Contents:
The Plan
Little Saddlington
The Major
The Response
The Arab
The Aussie
The Yank
The Jap
The Cornishman
The Lancashire Lads
The Scotsman
Converging
Countdown
The Viewing Days
The Auction
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five
The Great Day
Aftermath
Epilogue
General
| Imprint: |
Miller Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
April 2011 |
| First published: |
April 2011 |
| Authors: |
Jess Miller
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 148 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
142 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-9565831-3-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-9565831-3-X |
| Barcode: |
9780956583130 |
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