“A Novel by Reg Henry”
The Art of Stating the Obvious
“The great question is whether life is a comedy or a tragedy. If you have just lost a loved one, you will certainly not see the joke, but that all our efforts seem for nothing is a joke on a cosmic scale. And what do we instinctively say when tragedy strikes? 'Are you kidding me?' That is the right question.”
“Love is like musical chairs. You pick a partner, you sashay around your partner and then other people’s partners and then the music stops and you find your partner. A voice interjected: “No, mate, that’s square dancing.” Duffer went on: “As I was saying, love is like square dancing.”
“Whoever created the world—and my mum said it was God and I can’t say she was wrong—made humans in many colors and varieties, so we wouldn’t all die of boredom. So if you don’t like the color scheme of your fellow humans, you mock the hand of God, which Mum said is never a good idea.”
“I am not much for conspiracy theories. It seems to me that conspiracies require two things to work – people with high IQs and the ability to keep a secret. Yet these are the two qualities most missing in life. Ours is a world populated by mostly stupid people who can’t keep their mouths shut.”
“An old saying insists that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Yes, sometimes. But I think that bad intentions always pave a road to hell. And if good intentions didn’t exist, the whole world would be hell.”
The Pub Philosopher
"The Art of Stating the Obvious"
A young man seemingly not much good at anything except observing life from the sidelines finds he has a talent for public speaking. He embarks on an odd career as a pub philosopher, practicing what he thinks is the art of stating the obvious while imparting wit and wisdom to addled but appreciateive audiences across three continents. The novel, by turns funny and sad with a touch of mystery thown in, is about the getting of wisdom by living a full and varied life.
"Love in the Late Edition"
Love in the Late Edition is a story about a man who retires with his wife to an idyllic retirement community in California but is very soon left tragically alone. Alistair Brown is originally from Australia but has spent decades working in America, once as the editor of the local newspaper nearby, which is why he and his wife have come back to beautiful Carmelito to retire.
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Reg Henry grew up in Australia and served in the Australian army in Vietnam. In a 40-year career in journalism, he worked in Australia, Britain and the United States. He now lives near Monterey, Calif., and volunteers as a guide at a nature reserve.
An award-winning syndicated journalist for the Post-Gazette, his work has appeared in more than 150 newspapers in the United States, causing laughter and, at times, dismay depending on the reader's taste for his dry sense of humor.
Reg Henry
"A Novel of Wit, Wisdom, and Life's Unexpected Journeys"
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