Herschel Waters

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Michael Robertson - Herschel Waters Michael Robertson is known as Mishka due to his love of Eastern Europe. He is a post graduate in English literature but his real area of knowledge is his home town, Lancaster. Just like a river slowly flows towards the sea, the tale of Michael Robertson unfolds as he walks around town lecturing on the city and its history. Robertson talks about the Palatine of Lancaster, the city’s gorgeous Georgian buildings and the people that came to Lancaster (Vikings, Gypsies, Romans, Normans etc). He also tells the reader about the space race that visits him, the ghost of John O’Gaunt, the loss of his family, the decline of sanity (his and society’s), the underworld (there is an alternative universe in Michael’s mind, where he doesn’t have psychosis) and his love of cottage pie. The narrator speaks with suppressed anger and the story jumps around to allow the reader to follow Robertson’s thoughts and to discern his split personality. The story ends with Robertson’s death, a beautiful suicide that ends in Lancaster’s river, the Lune. (about 21,000 words) Price: £3.00 Quantity:

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