The Big Book of Lies

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A rude, mischievous and intensely personal work of science fiction, fantasy and solid British humour, this story draws on an eclectic array of topics from history to physics to art to psychology. It is the story of one man’s odyssey through space and time, from youthful fulfilment of an alien civilisation’s prophecy to the hunt for the perpetrators of a heinous act of pan-galactic genocide.

Peopling this epic journey are ordinary and extraordinary humans, ordinary and extraordinary aliens, fairies, and more than a god or two, including one variously referred to as ‘girlfriend’, ‘possession’ or surrogate offspring: a confusion of relationships that reflects the reality of sentient life in all its complexity.

Peppered throughout the story, you will encounter lyrical memories, acerbic philosophies, and hilarious anecdotal exchanges, from down the pub to helicopter cockpits to the sparse quarters of a D’hogi squadron. Charlie Sinclair’s alter ego alternately bounces and limps through a maelstrom of situations, always expressing his potty-mouthed opinion unapologetically.

Charles A. Sinclair started life on the rock at the top of the world known as Shetland. A person of small stature like his father, he also inherited his father’s love of music and his acerbic wit. With these attributes in tow, Charles moved to 1970s London to pursue his musical aspirations and where he fell in with the nascent Pub Rock scene, and cut his teeth with the likes of Ian Dury in his pre-Blockheads phase. A pragmatist at heart, Charles pursued a day job that indulged his practical skills: he was a self-confessed engineer. He was also, in his own parlance, a sentimental c***, and this book is the result of his design to retrieve the love of his life, not in a romantic way but as an act of will to be able to move on to his next venture. He died in 2024.