Author Description

"As well as his famous diaries, Ian Breakwell wrote an amount of text material which he denoted as 'fiction', much of which has remained unpublished. This book brings together such material into a single publication, and, as with our previous publication with Ian - 'Derby Days', incorporates some new writing. The book comprises twenty or more text pieces, dating from 1981 to 2004, together with reproductions of 16 art/textworks by Ian Breakwell which he selected to accompany these. 'Awayday to Paradise' is significant in that it is probably the last book that Ian Breakwell actively worked on before he died in 2005. It also represents an unusual side of his extensive and varied output, in that it is not autobiographical, but demonstrates, nevertheless, his continuing observational wit combined with some poignant and sometimes dark reflections on living and dying in contemporary Britain"--Publisher's website.