Evil Arse Soup

<p><strong>Welcome.</strong></p><p>Come amuse yourself in the company of slime-dripping vagina jaws Aboriginal ABBA tribute bands and <em>Deliverance</em>-quoting parrots.</p><p>This trio of politically incorrect comedies which bleakly focus on male inadequacy and misogyny will introduce you to a bunch of chronic misfits kicking around Wales Australia and South Korea.</p><p>But be warned - you might grow to like some of them.</p><p>Just make sure you don't leave this little encyclopaedia of dysfunction on your maiden aunt's chair...</p><p></p><p><strong>Book 1:</strong><em><strong> Looking For Sarah Jane Smith</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Marty's living in a Welsh town he hates doing a job he's lost interest in and so bored he can't even be bothered with sex.<br>But a new life beckons in Australia. It's also a chance to get away from his stupid mates the loveable loser John and the ultra-macho Wasp Boy.<br>Maybe he'll even meet an exquisite girl like his <em>Doctor Who</em> heroine Sarah Jane Smith and live happily ever after...</p><p><em>Looking for Sarah Jane Smith</em> - For anyone who suspects life's a bit rubbish.</p><p>Part road trip and part celebration of idiotic male friendship<em> Looking for Sarah Jane Smith</em> is sure to strike a chord with those who appreciate <em>The Inbetweeners Peep Show</em> and Bill Hicks.</p><p></p><p><strong>Book 2: <em>Manic Streets of Perth</em></strong></p><p>Perth.<br>It's thousands of miles from anywhere it's got a rubbish Bell Tower and not enough of the laidback locals are being eaten by sharks.</p><p>Well that's what expat reporter Paul Lewis thinks but after a lonely Manic Street Preachers fan reveals her disastrously unlucky life suddenly nothing's the same...</p><p><em>Manic Streets of Perth</em> - Where a snake-wielding robber is just the start of your troubles.</p><p>Gentler and warmer than Dave Franklin's other novels <em>Manic Streets</em> is an easy to read comedy.</p><p><br><strong>Book 3: <em>English Toss on Planet Andong</em></strong></p><p>Every year thousands of people travel to faraway lands to teach English as a foreign language. The fools.<br>One such expat is Paul Taylor a heartbroken Aussie looking for a fresh start in a South Korean classroom. The lack of training isn't much of a help but it's the baffling natives and unhinged flatmates that really start to convince him he's crash-landed in another galaxy...</p><p>Packed with over the top characters <em>English Toss</em> is a demented sitcom of a novel that revels in the extremes of expat dislocation.</p><p>Total length: 240000 words.</p><p>Dave Franklin is the author of eight novels and four collections of short stories none of which should be read to small children at bedtime. His caustic profanity-laced prose should be approached with caution.</p><p></p>