by Al Peasland Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:08 pm
Nice try Marc, but I cannot be bought
To be honest - it's been a long time since I read the book so can't remember precise stories or events portrayed within the book.
What I can say is that it was Geoff's first attempt at a fiction book, but as Peter said, I'm sure most writers will use past experiences or real life events known to them, to help provide inspiration for their fictional stories.
Some have said alot of Geoff's work has been a re-hash of the same thing over and over again - but I think that is because he's allowed every step of his evolution as a writer and now script and play writer to be aired for all to see in his books and products along the way.
So, the short film bouncer was based loosely on his watch my back biography, with some other stuff thrown in
(I'd like to claim a little inspiration here because I think he used an incident I had to help provide the basis for the final fight scene where Ray deals with the guy who's just beaten up his fellow doorman)
Red Mist was his move into Fiction and also his move into telling a story rather than re-counting events. And also helped move him further along the path of bringing Watch My Back to life in Clubbed - which again, has had some scenes based on real life - some a little more on fiction, some have been changed in chronological order because they fitted the story better, etc etc
So, I think it's nice to leave it up to the reader to decide what was real and what was fiction - it all adds to the enjoyment of the book I think - we all create our own story whenever we read a book
So, is there anyone good playing on the night you have tickets
