Books
by
Martin O'Neill
An amateur writer and illustrator .. that's how I'd describe myself.
Over my years as a photographer, I wrote many extended captions and short articles for newspapers.
Now I've taken the next step and written a collection of books for adults and children.
Read on ..
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Page 99, by Joe Bancroft
An adult novel
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​Joe Bancroft was shy, skinny and Catholic; liked photography, music and girls and was born into the working-classes of Manchester at the beginning of the 1960s. He was six when he almost drowned in the sea at Blackpool, eleven when his parents split up and thirteen when he was bullied out of the Grammar School. He was almost fifteen when he discovered masturbation, and sixteen when he went in the Army. He was still sixteen when he came out again! He didn't get a date until he was nineteen, and had to wait until he was twenty to have sex. Oh, and at seventeen, he vowed to kill his step-dad. After all, the bastard had just beaten him up and thrown him out of the house ..
It wasn't all bad, though. Joe went on to start a wonderful new life in a flat with his estranged Dad and, when he was eighteen, landed his dream job as a press photographer on a local weekly newspaper. It was whilst he was there he decided he'd write a book. Not a big book. Say, around ninety-nine pages. Page 99, by Joe Bancroft. It had a nice ring to it.
But what to write about? Revenge, maybe? Murder, perhaps ..?
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"This was a great read .."
"A warm & humorous take on life .."
"An amazing read .."
"I have just finished reading Page 99, by Joe Bancroft. From the first page I was hooked .."
"A really imaginative, funny, enjoyable read .."
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SNAPS
An adult novel
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Blackmail, kidnap, sponge-cake ..
.. it's a wonder there's any time for photography at South Neldon Amateur Photographic Society.
Join Alf, Lottie and the other society members as they tackle assignments, projects and ..
.. dead people!
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Tofalofalos
An adult novel
Two weeks in the sun. A chance to escape.
A bit of peace and quiet and the perfect way to forget about your wife .. the wife that’s just left you for another man.
And the perfect way to rediscover sex .. sex she’s denied you for over two years.
Shame it doesn’t work out.
"Finished your book today! Started it last night so it held my attention!!
End took me by surprise! It made me laugh out loud."
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My Children's Books
SWAPSIES * Meet the Neighbours * Friend to the Stars
Ever felt like you had no friends?
Well, that's how The Sun felt, floating all alone in Space.
Luckily, The Moon spotted the problem and came up with a way to help.
Find out how, and follow The Sun's adventures as it travels around The Universe.
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There are four stories in this series. The first three are all together in one single volume.
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Don't go near The Black Hole, Sunshine
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There was only one thing The Sun did not understand.
A warning from its new friends ...
​"Stay away from the Black Hole, Sunshine."
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​This is Book Four in the series.
Read it if you dare ..
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'Don't go near The Black Hole, Sunshine'
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Enjoy!
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