'An extraordinary book by an extraordinary man' Ken Loach Tony Garnett's story begins in working-class, war-torn Birmingham where he movingly describes the trauma of his mother's death following a back-street abortion. Nineteen days later, stricken with grief, Tony's father committed suicide and Tony was sent to live with other family members. He eventually moved to London and was part of the counterculture scene in the 1960s. Tony takes us behind the scenes of a selection of his more famous productions, offering secrets and anecdotes, some moving, some amusing. He gives accounts of angry clashes with the BBC and movie executives as he battles to make films that are thought too controversial. Year after year he fought the BBC and movie bosses to bring to the public films about police corruption and psychiatrists' cruelty; films advocating abortion law reform and the abolition of the death penalty; films about the homeless and the waste of young people in poor schools.

Roger is a retired Professor of history. Once famous and admired as an academic star and a lifelong advocate for the rights of women, he has grown fat and self-indulgent, and is currently living in exile in Provence. A very public scandal of betrayal precipitated his fall from grace. His only hope of restoring his reputation is a memoir, or preferably a detached biography. He convinces his oldest friend, Clive, another retired academic, to write it. Roger's personal reflections take us back to the 1960s, where we learn of a life devoted compulsively to sexual adventure with countless women, mostly young feminists drawn to this charismatic man of principle fighting their cause. Clive is inclined to ignore these escapades. He is to write a professional biography, not indulge in prurient gossip. But when he discovers that Roger's adventures bring betrayal into his own family, he cannot separate the personal from the political. Lives are shattered as truths are revealed. Tony Garnett was born in Birmingham, England and attended university in London, where he has been ever since, with the exception of a few years spent working in the motion picture industry in Hollywood. Now retired after a career as a prolific screenwriter, his work in the movies and at the BBC has taken him all over the UK and to many other countries as well. Although still residing in London, he remains close to his family in Birmingham and closely follows his boyhood soccer team, Aston Villa. Free Love is his third novel. Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/TonyGarnett

The year is 1984 and eighteen-year-old Havana leaves the sunny beaches of California to fly alone to a cold and depressed London. She was born there, but knows no one. She is on a mission to discover her father, to get to know who he really was. Killed by the police when Havana was three, she knows that her life is on hold until she has caught up with her past. Her father is a part of her, but is a stranger. Havana seeks everyone who knew him. It changes her life in unpredictable ways. She discovers the real man to be complex and certainly not the hero of her imagination. Tracing her family, she meets her father's mother. Through her grandmother's warmth and acceptance, she feels part of the human family, and in discovering who her father really was, she begins to discover herself. She then falls in love with the most unlikely man. Marine Ices honours the love of family through the generations; the love of friends; and romantic love, where the beauty of sex is its expression. This most unlikely love story blossoms as a diverse group of people become a loving family. In Marine Ices, love does conquer all ... with the help of ice cream. About the Author: Tony Garnett lives in the centre of London. He previously worked in the film industry and now writes novels. The subject of his last book, The Seductions of Lucy Foster, was also about love and its destructive yet vulnerable power. He is writing his next book. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/TonyGarnett