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    The Narrative Voice

    By H.D. Greaves

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    Here are ten honest stories honestly told, each by a different narrative voice. Five are about real people and events, with names and locations changed, and five are pure fiction. Which are real and which are fiction? You may guess, but I’ve sworn the tellers I won’t tell.
    Among the tales, Cleopatrus Excaptivus reveals an irascible old man and his terrifying pet, and how havoc can occasionally secure happiness.
    The Tale of the Japanese Embassy’s Most Esteemed Chef involves what may or may not be adultery outrageously adulterated with superb cuisine.
    In Turandot’s Ukulele, a little boy and his beloved aunt attend the Metropolitan Opera, with poignant results.
    A Slight Contretemps features a very proper British couple, a beautiful Italian maid, and murder.
    The other six stories (including The Witch of Tabaquite, a novella about voodoo) contain everything from whimsy to madness. Discover in the variety of The Narrative Voice an enjoyable and enlightening reading experience.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherH.D. Greaves
    Release dateFeb 21, 2013
    ISBN9781301931361
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    The Narrative Voice
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    H.D. Greaves

    How about a story, a joke, a quip, a witty remark? H.D. Greaves, who lives in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, where he was born and raised, can give you all of those, as he does his good friends all the time. Indeed, he is well known for his outrageous sense of humour. Although he has travelled extensively, his island home has always held a special place in his heart. Now in his seventies, he continues to write new novels and short stories, as well as regaling his friends with his whimsical comments. He sings too! (To which his friends, with rolling eyes, say, "Oh, God, help us!") Fourteen of his books are now on Amazon Create Space Print on Demand hardcopy, for all readers who prefer holding a book in hand rather than reading ebooks via an ereader such as a Kindle or a Kobo or a Nook. These books can now be purchased in hardcopy through Amazon: MANDRAGORA - A Ribald and Irreverent Tale from the Italian Renaissance, has, since its publication as an ebook on Smashwords, has gained thus far five excellent reviews (on Amazon/Kindle), as well as a fine critique on The Podler Review of Books. An outrageous satirical comedy, it continues to delight readers with its wit, sexual situations, and sleazy characters. OF BLISS AND GRANTED WISHES - A True Story Told as a Novel, is about aging and an ageless love, and yes, it's all true. THE NARRATIVE VOICE - Nine Intriguing Stories and a Novella: The Witch of Tabaquite, is proof that with perseverance (and not a little luck), it is never too late to create and to succeed. POONKY DOODLES - A Novel of Growth and Survival. DRAMATIS PERSONAE - Poems of Comedy and Tragedy, a book with a wide variety of poems SEVEN PLAYS - A collection of plays - one acts, full-length epics, all suitable for all ages, comedies and melodramas. Available on Smashwords are his plays as individual playscripts: ATASCADERO! and INCIDENT IN A DUCKYARD are unusual adaptations of stories by Hans Christian Andersen. Other plays are GNATWING! - A Farce for Clowns, THE FIREBIRD, DISAGREEMENT IN EDEN, and the ever popular RUMPLESTILZKIN. H.D. is currently working on another novel: CLIZIA – A Tale of Scandalous Surprises, based on an Italian Renaissance comedy by Niccolò Machiavelli.

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