Jonathan Greenyer

A Goldfish in the Ear Jonathan Greenyer

[see www.agoldfishintheear.co.uk] A Goldfish in the Ear is the result of a lifetime's cynical observation of the world about us - the conflict between words and meaning, order and creativity, friendship and greed. The author has many targets at which to direct his barbed tongue, ironic observations and sense of the ridiculous. Is it a witty plot-based thriller, a life changing polemic or a collection of bitter and twisted observations on the familiar? You judge, dear reader. Our hero is Jake - bobbing along, enjoying his life without any real sense of commitment or moral responsibility. He is also blissfully unaware of the 'interesting events' developing around him, both in the unethical and empiric company he works for and in his private life. Even his family are not what they seem - i.e. they are not his family. His sister is not his sister, his father is not his father - and the family butler puts a goldfish in his ear as senility sets in. Bless. Everyone is individually, and severally, involved in complex, interwoven conspiracies. The story revolves, not necessarily concentrically or even obeying the laws of literary dynamics, around a resurrected Neanderthal priest called UGGG; a high-level cloning conspiracy; boneless turkeys; theme pubs; COLIN, a misanthropic computer; InstaBuild, a super-fast construction company; intergalactic aliens with appetite and attitude; cloned butlers and other characters, some of whom are quite bizarre - and may even be relevant to the plots.