Dorset grandfather’s latest book published
Added: (Mon Jan 29 2024)
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Plumber-turned-author Bob Metcalf admits he’s been overflowing with ideas since the publication of his debut children’s novel.
Nuts in March was released to critical acclaim and laugh-out-loud reviews at the start of 2020.
The retired grandfather from Dorset followed up with the equally well-received The April Fools two years later.
And now the crackpot characters, including a vegetarian adder and a grounded blackbird, have returned in his latest adventure story, The Wrong Way Home.
Bob, whose favourite authors include Hilary Mantel and James Clavell, said: “In The Wrong Way Home Albert, the vegetarian adder, along with his friends - a tortoise, a flightless blackbird, a mole, and a snob - decide to hitchhike the 25 miles back to their home.
“On their way back to the meadow they find themselves caught up in a protest march and then a riot.
“They are also arrested by the police for rioting, escape in a stolen police van, and are then re-arrested.
“And that was just the beginning.”
The Wrong Way Home follows the hapless adventures of Albert and his friends who decide to flee a travelling zoo and head home.
Bob’s natural storytelling ability is enhanced with vivid imagery and perfect pacing to keep readers of all ages hooked.
As with his previous two novels, the gripping storyline is laced with humour and edge-of-the-seat predicaments.
But, yet again, it is the madcap characters that readers encounter on every page of The Wrong Way Home that make the novel so compelling.
Bob added: “As well as Albert the vegetarian adder, there’s his best friend Speedy, a tortoise, who has gambled away his shell.
“Then there is Prof, a blackbird who hates flying, and Digger the Australian mole, who is a thug and isn’t Australian, although nobody is brave enough to tell him.
“We also have KC the King Charles spaniel who is a snob and claims to descend from royalty, while Pongo is a deadly farting frog.”
Prior to becoming an author Bob’s previous claims to fame includes playing rugby all over the world and forcing the Royal Mint to change its Britannia coin after spotting an anomaly with the design – he was rewarded with a coin and letter of thanks.
Away from writing Bob’s other semi-retirement career is designing and manufacturing stained-glass windows.
For more details, visit Amazon and search for R Metcalf, where the paperback and Kindle formats of The Wrong Way Home are both available.
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