It offers the intelligent reader a critical exploration of language and the problems that face humanity.
The storyteller in The Office of Future Storytelling is weary. He is said to be tired of the same old same same old.
He doesn't wish to continue writing stories about God, love and beauty. But what should he do next? He hits on the brilliant and somewhat cunning scheme of inventing an English teacher at Davenport College called Eric Crawford.
He then begins to explore what is required to tell different, new stories. As a result he sees freedom calling him.
He creates a life for Eric, which includes his lecturing and teaching, his romantic life and his family life. He creates a troubled student who interacts with Eric, a protest movement that challenges the role of art in modern life. He also introduces reports of violent crimes in the grounds of the college.
This novel will make a very interesting Christmas gift for students of language and literature, of storytellers.
It's innovative and stylistically written work and as it is the debut novel of Neil Powell and I feel that readers need to watch for his name in the future.
It's published by Troubador at £9.99.
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