For the Love of Eugen
Publisher: Minerva Press Ltd.
Published: March 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780754120209
Subjects: Modern fiction; General; Fiction - General; Fiction
Description: Novel written by Brian thomas Manly .  A story about the ghost of the great Sandow, a 19th century strong man who  returns  to the world for adulation and worship. Main characters are aged pop star Stevie G and his Cat Dorian. Stevie has a taste for the great Sandow and is subsiquently visited . First to notice  Sandow's ghostly presence is Dorian and Steve's friend Marylin.  Later Steve discovers an old man in an institution . Gordon was also visited by Sandow in far less liberal times and was 'put away'  for his perversion. Steve visits Gordon hears the sorry tale and sets out to help re unite Gordon and Sandow in some way.   The book is very funny .  It is a little Ortonesque in style , often exposing the  characters most flawed, funny and human attributes.   still available at somehitwonders.co.uk ......................B,Manly 2009
Notes: still available from somehitwonders.co.uk      other books by Brian manly , The man Who Sang Blockbuster,  published by somehitwonders.co.uk