Hello everyone,
Today I have a spotlight for a what looks a very interesting contemporary story, Maybe It’s About Time by Neil Boss.
It is a book that not only explores the fascinating topic of class divisions and differing social backgrounds, but is also set in the lead-up to and outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are clearly powerful moments to be found here along with satirical humour, and the themes alone are enough to make me interested in picking this one up!
Thank you very much to Dave @ The Write Reads and the amazing Kerry @ Herding Cats for organising this tour. Also, be sure to check out the other posts, which are listed in the banner.
Pages: 552
Published: 5th September 2022
Genre: General/Contemporary Fiction
Two people trapped in their different worlds. One by wealth and one by poverty. Twenty years working for The Firm has given Marcus Barlow everything he wants but has taken his soul in return. Finding a way to leave has become an obsession.
Claire Halford’s life hits rock bottom when she is caught stealing food from Tesco Express. Left alone by her husband with two small children and an STI, her suicide music is starting to play louder in her head.
A chance meeting brings them together. As a mystery virus from China starts to run riot across the country, their world’s collide and they find they have more in common than they knew.
Set in the early months of 2020, Maybe It’s About Time is a story about the difficulty of changing lives for the better. Starting as a funny and satirical view of the egocentric world of professional services, it gives way to a heart-warming story of an unlikely friendship that rejuvenates Marcus and Claire, giving them both hope for a better future.
Neil Boss retired from a career in the corporate world in November 2019 with three objectives: To travel around the world and fly fish in the most exotic locations, to improve at playing his electric guitar, and to write a novel that he could be genuinely proud of. The pandemic and lockdown in March 2020 put my first two objectives on hold leaving him no option but to start writing. Two and half years later, Maybe It’s About Time, his first novel, was published.
Travel and fly fishing has now started again, and his guitar playing is apparently improving. Work on a sequel to Maybe It’s About Time is planned to start in 2023.
Maybe It’s About Time is available to buy now!
Happy reading 🙂
Stephen Writes 