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QueerBashing

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"Close to the bone"

"a hilarious, percipient, insightful, courageous, saddening account of McGillivray's adventures"

"I like his acidic humour, especially when it is dripped onto Scottish, presbyterian hypocrisy"

"bright, fresh, visceral narrative"

"Tim Morrison is unflinching in his portrayal of the consequences of self-indulgence, intolerance and hypocrisy, but delivers QueerBashing with wit and charm that belies the horror of the story."

While everyone will secretly admit that the version of themselves they display to the word is a far cry from how they feel inside, few people struggle to accept and embrace the very core of their being.

In Tim Morrison's blistering new novel, one failed Church of Scotland minister finds himself doing exactly that – giving readers a rare look into the mind of someone who truly is their own worst enemy.

Synopsis of 'QueerBashing':

'The first queerbasher McGillivray ever met was in the mirror.'

From the revivalist churches of Orkney in the 1970s, to the gay bars of London and Northern England in the 90s, via the divinity school at Aberdeen, this is the story of McGillivray, a self-centred, promiscuous hypocrite, failed Church of Scotland minister, and his own worst enemy.

Determined to live life on his own terms, McGillivray's grasp on reality slides into psychosis and a sense of his own invulnerability, resulting in a brutal attack ending life as he knows it.

Raw and uncompromising, this is a viciously funny but ultimately moving account of one man's desire to come to terms with himself and live his life as he sees fit.

"Many novels out there tackle the enigmatic subject of inner confusion and torment, but I wanted to push readers out of their comfort zones with a novel about a man who is unable to accept his own very basic psychological makeup," explains Morrison. "It's a dark narrative yet there is humor in McGillivray's story and I use it as a strategic mechanism to ground readers' emotions."

Continuing, "In fact, the dueling themes of horror and wit further offset and illuminate McGillivray's almost bipolar inner battle. He wants to live life according to his grand design, yet he won't even get off the starting block by allowing himself to be…well…himself. It's a very powerful theme that will certainly give readers something different to the norm."

Critics agree. For example, Seonaid Francis, Director of ThunderPoint Publishing, writes, "Tim Morrison is unflinching in his portrayal of intolerance and hypocrisy, but delivers QueerBashing with wit and humour that belies the horror of the story."

'QueerBashing', from ThunderPoint Publishing Ltd, was released on January 28th, 2016. For more information, see the publisher's website: http://www.thunderpoint.co.uk/press.html.

ISBN: 978-1-910946-06-0 (Kindle)
ISBN: 978-0-9929768-9-7 (Paperback)

About the Author:

Tim Morrison writes with a sharp and uncompromising tone, that draws humour and irony from the darkest scene. Tim grew up in Orkney then attended Aberdeen University to study Divinity with the intention of being ordained into the Church of Scotland. He subsequently worked in training and development in Health and Social Care.

He is an active political campaigner, blogs as the OrkneyVole and is the lead applicant in the 'Orkney Four' case brought against Alistair Carmichael MP under the Representation of the People Act.

Outside of Scotland Tim has lived in London and Middlesbrough; since moving back home to Stromness he has written poetry and short prose published locally

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