Neil McKellar's Going for Broke

GOING FOR BROKE is a modern morality tale about the corruption of innocence, greed, power and control Dominic Thomson is a young printer working in partnership with his Father, Albert, happy to coast along in his father’s shadow. Until, that is, the day of Albert’s heart attack… Driven partly by his ambitious wife Caroline, Dominic finds himself on a dizzying trajectory to the top. But on the way he discovers a ruthless stranger inside himself, tormented by inner demons he only slowly recognises and struggles to control. A taut and compelling drama set in the world of wheeler dealing and cut-throat business.

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Sample chapter: chapter one.

Going for Broke was published by Hanover Books. See links, below.

Neil says:

I have been a resident of Brighton for most of my life. My long love affair with writing grew from my interest and participation in the theatre. I look back to my acting career with great affection appearing with the Friends Centre Drama Group, St. Peter’s Players, Centrestage and the Myra Stewart Players. More Information.

During this period I was also secretary of the Sussex Playwrights’ Club. The highlight of this was an evening I organised spent with the National Theatre where we posed the question, “What do they look for in a new play?” More Information.

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I later worked as a freelance broadcaster for Radio Brighton, one of the pioneer local radio station that was set up at that time. Under the direction of Keith Slade, I presented features and reviewed local productions. One of the many celebrities I worked with was Flora Robson.

There followed a complete change of direction, I got married to Tina in June of 1970 and we had four great children. All this time I had been working locally as a Paper Merchant with Southern Paper and I began to move up the company ladder, becoming a director in 1980. The owner Alan Ravan sold the business in 1986 to Bunzl and we joined the already successful Bunzl Fine Paper Group. Unfortunately, Alan had a stroke and he had to retire from the business so I became Managing Director. Alan is alive and well, and we go on yearly reunions with all the other senior guys. Ten years later I had moved the business along and it was time to take early retirement – I was slightly pushed, but that’s another story – and I reverted to my earlier love – writing.

Several short stories later and I completed my first novel – GOING FOR BROKE – a story following the fortunes of a printer and his father. I had joined the Brighton Novelists and I quickly learnt some of the pitfalls to avoid. After a lot of editing, I duly published the novel with the help of Jonathan Cunningham and Andrew McBride.

Things might seem to have come full circle. All those years ago I reviewed plays for BBC Radio Brighton. Now I sometimes become a community critic for the Chichester Festival Theatre.

Do have a go at reading Going for Broke. And tell your friends how much you like it. You can read the first chapter here: chapter one.

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