-A guest post. We've invited author Jonathan Dunne to tell us about his new book:
Balloon Animals is 299 pages of comic
fiction, quirky, funny and touching.
It’s a novel that readers will love or hate. It is a breath of fresh air
in the stale atmosphere of tired generic thrillers. I write from the gut and
that’s where the comic element comes from, in other words, I’ve no idea; it’s
organic. Then again, so is manure. Interviewers have asked me, ‘How did Balloon
Animals come about?’ It’s like being asked ‘Tell me about yourself…’ in a
job interview. It’s infinite. I sit at my writing desk every morning at the
same time and wait to see what happens. Balloon Animals is a
character-driven novel so my characters help me through it. Funnily enough, I
cannot really hear what they’re trying to say to me until I read their dialogue
aloud. That’s when they come alive and hush me in the right direction
(sometimes wrong). Balloon Animals is a belated coming-of-age tale about a 30
year-old man, Jonny Rowe, who takes his mysterious grandfather’s dying breaths
in a birthday balloon from Ireland to his roots in Iowa, USA.
Link to buy Balloon Animals
Author Bio:
Admittedly, Jonathan has done
things arse-ways most of his life, from completing a BA in Literature in his
thirties to fitting teeth brackets (30's, porcelain). During this general
confusion, Jonathan has written and published a variety of short stories. He
suffers from photophobia though has a tendency towards fireworks. Originally
from Limerick, Ireland, he now lives the reclusive life in Toledo Spain, as a bearded hermit, with his wife and two
daughters.
Contact info:
Twitter @ WriterJDunne
Facebook @ jonathan.dunne.505