Book description
Sixteen-year-old Martin runs away from home in Newcastle, he is
hoping for a completely fresh start. Jobless, nearly hopeless, each
day he goes to the Chocolate Shop - a café near Edinburgh Castle -
with his old laptop in his backpack, and begins to write. As his
tragic autobiography unfolds, starring his lost family - his alcoholic
English mother, his illegal immigrant Zimbabwean father and beloved
murdered sister - he is befriended by a stranger. This is James, a
dark angel in human disguise, who takes the young man on a psychic
journey to the Garden of Delights, to show him all the riches and
consolations the world can offer him - but only if he first surrenders
his soul… Humour, outrageous beauty, shocks and sheer magic realism
take us on our own exciting journey in this apocalyptic first novel.
'This story of the young outsider, Martin, who is trying to find
his identity while also attempting to deal with a tragedy, I found
both poignant and compelling. The heart of the book for me was Martin
fighting with his self-esteem, trying to take his place in a society
that had rejected him. Too few books are written about those who feel
society has left them behind… hopefully this will be the first book of
many from Ernest.' Alex Wheatle, author of Brixton Rock and Island Song
Ernest Alanki writes full time - in his spare time. His short stories
have been published in literary journals on three different continents.
Ernest was born in Cameroon and has worked in the scientific field at
various universities in England and Canada. Now a naturalised citizen of
Sweden, he lives and works as an academic in Stockholm. THE CHOCOLATE
SHOP PERVERT is his first full-length novel.
