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FALSE PRETENCES
A novelistic eBook by John O’Loughlin
Which can be previewed via the link
below the following Centretruths editorial:-
Originally written
by John O’Loughlin in April-May 1982, this novel has something of a Spring-like
ebullience about it which takes us to the Norfolk countryside and to the
stratagems of a radical writer-turned-artist by name of Jason Crilly (who for
the most part remains veiled behind first-person narrations) to shake off a
depression he contracted while living alone for several years in an
insalubrious part of north London. His
wife Susan, whom he married shortly after moving to Norfolk, is avowedly
one of the stratagems in his arsenal in this respect. Also living in Norfolk are a number of
eccentric or ironic personages who make a variety of claims on our
protagonist's time, the most conspicuous of whom is Edmond Shead, the inventor
of an artificial copulator, who requires of him that he uses his
not-inconsiderable-artistic talents to depict this machine to graphic effect,
thereby assisting Patrick Lyttleton, a businessman with designs on its
production, to make a commercial success of it.
Shortly afterwards Jason renews connections with an old flame, and this
takes him temporarily back to London where, in view of her good looks and the
sexual dissatisfactions he has recently been feeling towards his wife, he
allows himself to be seduced by her. Of
even greater significance, however, is the fact that Philomena has just
inherited a substantial property in the country and is anxious to move into it
as soon as possible. But her husband,
who works in London, has no desire
to give up his job in order to move there with her, since he has good prospects
of promotion and is temperamentally averse to the idea of living in the
country. That leaves Philomena with the
dilemma of whether to sell Blandon, her country house, or secure a divorce from
her husband with intent to moving there with someone else. And that puts the pressure on our protagonist
to decide whether he should leave Susan for Philomena, and hence an even bigger
and more peacefully secluded house in which to conduct his campaign against
depression. Fortunately for him this
decision is made easier by his secret discovery of Susan's infidelity when he
returns to Norfolk, since she is
having an affair with their local doctor, and that puts him in an easier
frame-of-mind with which to return, subsequently, to Philomena and move with
her to Blandon. However, before their
separation, his wife induces him to provide her with a child, but not exactly
in the conventional manner! The good
doctor suspects nothing of the deception, however, and proceeds to marry Susan
as a matter of course. Those who esteem
writers like Henry Miller and Lawrence Durrell will probably find False
Pretences to their comic taste.- A Centretruths editorial.
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