Bøger af Paul Collis

Mike Lewis wants 'out'. Out of his meaningless career in broadcast sales, out of his shallow relationships with materialistic women, out of the youth-centric, big city rat race. Unfortunately he has no idea where 'in' is, until he discovers an idyllic retirement community in Florida that promises a peaceful, sunny life of golf and hobbies. On a whim he signs a contract for a house, and only afterwards does he read the small print: he has to be over 60 to join the enclave. Trouble is, he's 39. Painted into a corner, he engages the help of a movie-makeup artist and a gerontologist, and cons his way into the club. But, once inside, he finds that this particular paradise comes with a whole new set of problems... This tale of one man's ridiculous attempt at early retirement and his unexpected encounters with lust, drugs and cosmetics was written by Paul Collis, a Londoner now living in California. He adapted it from his screenplay of the same name.

It's 1813. Napoleon's army needs to retreat from Spain and return to France, but the main pass across the jagged peaks of the Pyrenees is within easy reach of the British forces. In his search for an alternative escape route, Alaine Bellanger discovers more than just a mountain trail. High up in a cleft between two peaks, he finds something very strange - and someone even stranger. But who can he tell? And who would believe him?

Harry Greenville, a young actor and part-time writer struggling to make a living in modern Los Angeles, writes a novel about Shakespeare. 'It's 1606 and the Bard needs a new play for King James, who is notoriously hard to please. As history tells us, he comes up with 'Macbeth'. But the rehearsals are dogged by illnesses and accidents, the royal premiere gets the royal thumbs down, and the actors consider the play to be more than unlucky; they believe it's cursed. The question is: Why?'Harry's novel offers an intriguing answer, and he posts the first draft on a website in the hope that a Hollywood agent will discover it.And someone in the movie business does discover it - but not the kind of person Harry had in mind.The result is an entertaining Shakespearean tale - old as the hills and as current as Google - of theft, revenge, and just desserts.

"e;When he was in gaol, he'd begun to prepare himself for the fight of his life, a showdown with the policeman, McWilliams ... he'd face life with death, and see who blinked first."e; Blackie and Rips are fresh out of prison when they set off on a road trip back to Wiradjuri country with their mate Carlos. Blackie is out for revenge against the cop who put him in prison on false grounds. He is also craving to reconnect with his grandmother's country. Driven by his hunger for drugs and payback, Blackie reaches dark places of both mystery and beauty as he searches for peace. He is willing to pay for that peace with his own life. Part road-movie, part 'Koori-noir', Dancing Home announces an original and darkly funny new voice.

Paul Collis' first collection of poetry is a book of difficult truths and profound connections. It charts a life lived on the streets, on country, in the deep time of tradition, of relationships to land and family. This book mourns those who have passed, and the current state of places and people held close in the heart and in the kinds of knowledge inseparable from self that might be called 'being', but is always much more than that. It is also a poetry of hope in the hopeless, of beauty in small moments, and the overwhelming 'now' that is memory.