Ray Knight

In the Footsteps of Hemingway From Pamplona to Bimini (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Ernest Hemingway casts a very long shadow - especially the one thrown over Ray Knight by the Bahamian sunset on Hemingway's beloved islands of Bimini. Using the late literary giant's terse aphorisms and mordant quips as springboards for his own lean and drum-tight prose, Ray Knight invites us to join him on a journey from Pamplona to Bimini, in the footsteps of his literary hero.

This collection of short stories, anecdotes and excerpts from the author's novels runs the gamut of emotions, from pathos and tragedy to humor and unabashed sentimentality - from a moving and thought-provoking look at the ethical ramifications of euthanasia to a boxing tale that pulls no punches, and without which no homage to Hemingway would be complete.

Whether you add an extra kick to your coffee break one tale at a time or settle down with a glass of rum and spend an evening 'In The Footsteps of Hemingway', you're in for an enjoyable and edifying read - and a great introduction to the author's full-length works.

The Vet's Dilemma:- A personal look at one man's anguished choice between humanity and morality. What will he do? What would you do?
The Tears of a Clown:- A clown's antics bring joy to thousands of children but behind the make-up is a face racked with pain.
Monty:- A man's relationship with his car confounds his daughter and leads to a traumatic and deadly conclusion..
Shadows :- A man struggles for survival in a harsh and dangerous environment. Voices from his past come to haunt him. Will they save or condemn him?
A Father's Love:- A father risks the wrath of his community and his life in a desperate attempt rescue his son from the horror of addiction.
It Tolls for Thee:- A washed-up boxer is offered one last, desperate shot at the big time - will he risk his life for one final chance of glory?
Right of Passage:- A young hunter faces the ultimate test - will he become a legend or just a memory? A sample chapter from 'The Mountain'...
Felicia's Cabin:- A kidnapped woman faces up to her captors in this sample chapter from' The Hatcher File'...
Walking With the Bulls:- The author recalls his experience in Pamplona in 1977 - a year of tragic events at the Festival of San Fermin
Every Job in Town:- An amusing recollection of the author's time in Sydney during 1980, when Australia was a land full of opportunities for a young man... either to get rich or get into a lot trouble!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: M-Y Books
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781909908246
• Artikelnr.: 44229940

Autorenporträt

Born in the suburbs of London in 1955, Ray was an avid reader from a very young age. As a young boy, he read the abridged classics, after lights out under his blankets, using a flashlight his grandfather gave him. He Journeyed to the Centre of the Earth, Travelled Around the World in Eighty Days and rocketed from the Earth to the Moon inspired by the writings of Jules Verne and H.G Wells - all from the safety of his bed. It was this, and the fact that he lived under a flight path from Heathrow Airport, that kindled his later passions for writing and traveling. His favorite subject at school was creative writing and his ambition was to become a journalist and an author. He loved boxing, and as a young teenager, he trained at the Hayes Boxing Club, in London, where he rubbed shoulders with some of the better amateur boxers in the country. He left school at sixteen, anxious to see the world, and started his working life as a trainee accountant. As soon as he turned eighteen, he quit his job and began to travel around Europe. Over the next two years, he took odd jobs in the winter in the UK and traveled on the continent in the summer months using a combination of hitchhiking, cycling and trains. He enjoyed many diverse and wonderful experiences from the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona to watching the sunset over Athens from the mystical ruins of the Acropolis. In the winter of his twentieth year, Ray took another 'temporary' winter job as a trainee croupier in a London Casino. It turned into his career for the next forty years - so much for his dreams of journalism and writing, which ended up on the back burner. Ray continued to travel the world, living in Australia and visiting the Philippines and the Far East. Ray settled in the Bahamas in 1990 and worked for over twenty years in the Atlantis Casino on Paradise Island. He travelled throughout the Caribbean where many of the scenes in his first book, The Hatcher File, are set. Ray parted ways with the casino in 2012 and turned to his original passion of writing - finally chasing his childhood dream of becoming an author. He had several short stories and articles published in local Bahamian magazines and newspapers before releasing his first novel in 2012. For three months in early 2015, he resided in Bimini where the legacy of Hemingway inspired his first collection of short stories. In September 2015, he published his second novel, 'The Mountain', at the same time he re-launched a revised and updated version of 'The Hatcher File' and published the collection of short stories under the title of 'In the Footsteps of Hemingway'. Ray is a keep fit enthusiast and keen cyclist. Although a British citizen, he is now a permanent resident of the Bahamas and represented his adopted country at a squash tournament in Jamaica in 2004 at the age of forty-nine. He now spends his time between his children and grand children in Nassau and his parents in London (and yes, they still live under a flight path from Heathrow!).