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 Larry Johns - An Ounce of Metal.
Demolition expert Sergeant Billy Bentley was a good soldier; a lifer, on his third tour of "The Stan".  Then someone screws up an unnecessarily-complicated... Lire la suite
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Résumé

Demolition expert Sergeant Billy Bentley was a good soldier; a lifer, on his third tour of "The Stan".  Then someone screws up an unnecessarily-complicated mission and the wrong men die. Friendly fire, some say. Blue on blue. Either way, with the actual culprit being a high-up in the returning Afghan administration, Billy ends up an innocent scapegoat. The result is an immediate Dishonourable Discharge from a job he had devoted his life to.
Back in the U. K., bitter and disoriented, he is approached by a military recruiting agency. Against his better judgement Billy accepts a contract which - he will discover - is to demolish a Surete records office in the heart of Paris. In planning the assignment he meets - and in some strange way, falls for  -  Gabrielle Thiery, who, on the face of it, works amongst the Paris criminal underworld. In fact, Gabrielle does not come as advertised, and almost every move that Billy makes will be known to the authorities.
Despite this, and with realisation of yet another betrayal slowly dawning, Billy struggles to complete his assignment. He will come to realise that most people connected to his new line of work follow no Rules Of Engagement whatsoever. He also learns that though you can never get over an injustice, you can learn to live with it.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    08/11/2023
  • Editeur
  • ISBN
    8223301530
  • EAN
    9798223301530
  • Format
    ePub
  • Caractéristiques du format ePub
    • Protection num.
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Biographie de Larry Johns

Born and raised in Cornwall, Larry Johns has earned a living as a soldier, an artist, a jazz musician, a music lecturer and a writer, circumnavigating the world in these professions many times. He learned the mechanics of his original trade with the Staff Band of the Royal Engineers and at Kneller Hall School of Music.  During this period he received the first of many rejection slips from the various publishers.
It would be some fifteen years before he eventually received an offer to publish. But, during those years, such an offer was the stuff of dreams only. After the military he moved directly to London, where he occupied the lead alto saxophone chair with several big bands, whilst jazzing at many nightspots; most notably ; The "100 Club", Oxford Street; the "Allnighter", Soho and "The Bull's Head" at Barnes.
At these and other venues he blew jazz shoulder-to-shoulder with Vic Ash, Harry Klein, Brian Dee, Joe Temperley. One of his enduring memories of those heady be-bob days is of swapping "fours" with the legendary vibraphonist Vic Feldman immediately prior to his moving to the U. S. to join the Woody Herman Orchestra. During this period he also played repiano clarinet with an embryonic London Symphonietta and several smaller classical combinations.
Latterly, he was one of Charlie Katz's "session men", performing on numerous "hit" (and "not-so-hit") recordings of the day. Later, he worked directly for several recording companies: Decca, H. M. V., Major-Minor, Philips etc. holding the "Artists and Repertoire" position with most. With Mercury records, he fronted various stage bands on promotional tours across Europe and the Far East, working alongside rising stars of the recording world, Phil Coulter and Mike Leander.
On the demise of viable big band work worldwide, Larry - along with many of his contemporaries - joined "Geraldo's Navy", and would cross the Atlantic many times - on both "Queens" - haunting the New York jazz scene... For many years to come, during "dry" periods, he would utilise this "jewel" of an employment facility, both for the pocket and for the heart. His seascapes are sold around the world.
When not writing, painting, performing or travelling, he teaches art and woodwind privately in Cornwall. For more details visit his website at: www.holler-it.com

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