THE SCOURGING OF POOR LITTLE MAGGIE

The story of Maggie Frake, only child, millionaire's daughter, victim of inverted snobbery and horrific cruelty. This tale follows her from difficult school days, through doomed relationships and personal tragedies to a surreal and horrifying climax. However despite the grim subject matter, the narrative throughout is laced with hilarious, rich, if somewhat black humour.

"This harrowing , tragic and deeply ennobling book, caused me to weep for two days after reading it. I had not experienced this reaction since seeing the film "The Elephant Man".

- Moira McClusky
The Cork Evening News.

RRP: £9.99 (UK)

ISBN: 0 7223 3172-X

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Excerpt from The Scourging of Poor Little Maggie

Tessa and her daughter, Maggie were on the Trans Siberian Railway, in a cramped carriage, travelling through the flat steppelands.

"God, this is an ugly country!" shouted Tessa. Maggie flushed to the roots of her hair and ignored her.

"Oh, this is such an ugly country!" repeated Tessa, in an even more challenging tone.

"But it's so pure and radiant," insisted her daughter.

"I'll give you a pure and radiant clip on the ear, if you don't watch it. Just look at it! Can you beat it?"

"Beat what?"

"The sheer phenomenal ugliness of this country!"

"Well, I will concede this, Mummy. Russian poets are always banging on about it, but after seeing too much of it, it starts to look as flat as a rent boy's tits."

"Language, my girl, language!" replied the mother.