Harry Christmas - part Jim Royale, part Ignatius P. Reilly, part Oliver Reed - is on the run. Unable to cope with the death of his wife, bouncing from one bad decision to the next, a terrifying assault by the son of a woman he´s conned makes up his mind to leave the country.
On a mission to track down his wife´s ancestral village, Christmas arrives in Venezuela certain that his fortunes are about to improve. He´s dead wrong. Soon out of money and luck, he is forced into yet more deceit - with devastating consequences for those he has fooled. Lost, drunk and lurching across rural Venezuela, Christmas reaches the point of breakdown. He wakes up in a village at the end of the world. He is hanging by one leg from a tree.
Inspired by the mighty Lola Rosa, he tries to crawl out of his spiritual abyss and find a way to live amongst these fishermen and farmers - but love isn´t easy when you are a career liar still married to the dead. As the real trouble begins, can redemption survive?
A comic novel that is as funny as it is heart-breaking, Jasper Gibson´s debut marks the arrival of a bold new voice in British fiction.
Jasper Gibson is from Parwich, Derbyshire. He has worked a variety of jobs including as a cacao farmer and English teacher in Venezuela. He now lives in Sussex.
