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Half a Dozen of the Other is Gavin's debut novel.

Originally from the Midlands, he has enjoyed travelling throughout the seven wonderful continents of the world, often with a chilled beer in one hand.

favourite books

"Times Arrow" Martin Amis
"The Wasp Factory" Iain Banks
"Fight Club" Chuck Palahniuk
"American Psycho" Bret Easton Ellis

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Half a Dozen of the Other

Gavin Marshall

Six strangers, unaware that in trivial ways their paths have previously crossed, suddenly find their courses colliding in ways they could never have imagined.


Wednesdays aren’t meant to be like this…

It looks like just another day in Birmingham but events this morning are far from ordinary.

Robert has squandered his very existence. Guilt is dwelling within homeless Peter. Jonny K is in search of justice. Once superstitious Sally is about to test her luck. First rate Jack keeps exploiting his second chance and Jenna’s secret is about to surface.

Moving between the characters as their lives begin to intertwine, the story takes us back to the pivotal moments that brought them to this point. It is not just the manner of these events that matters but how each character reacts to them, as fate plays out its habitual battle against free will.

The middle of the week has just got a little bit darker…



These are the first twelve chapters of a complete novel which totals 90,000 words.

 

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I wrote 814 days ago

This is much more subtle than I'd expected, feeling almost poetic at times. Well done and best of luck with it. Gavin (Half a Dozen of the Other) view book

I wrote 864 days ago

Passionate, emotional and deservedly backed. Gavin (Half a Dozen of the Other) view book

I wrote 864 days ago

Although this is far from my usual read, it seems well written and full of fun so I’m going to back it and wish you all the best of luck. Gavin (Half a Dozen of the Other) view book

I wrote 864 days ago

The intro with the tapping tellers at the bank is full of fun and your descriptions of the characters are great. I would however either tone these down or insert them later so as not to detract from the pace of the story. An enjoyable read. Apologies for taking such a terribly long time to get ba... view book

I wrote 864 days ago

Tension builds for both of the title characters right from the start and I really like your humorous writing style. Loved such lines as “very nearly innocent” and th’art talking shite man”! The contrasting settings seem very real and the dialogue works well. I’m not sure which period of history i... view book

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