The Smile on the Face of the Pig

Murder, lurid courtroom dramas, gypsy horse fairs, eccentric admirals, child brides, and falling in love – it’s all in a day’s work for cub reporter John Bull.

Meet a cast of characters – from the parish clerk who dresses like a French resistance fighter, complete with rifle over her shoulder, to the medium whose spirit guide (her soldier boyfriend killed in World War II) gets in touch by pinging her suspender belt.

The Smile on the Face of the Pig is a cheeky exposé of life in the 1950s: crazy nights at the theatre with the old-time music-hall stars, skinny-dipping by starlight, drinking with the freebooting river-folk, and riding through the freezing night on a BSA motorbike chasing the Big Scoop that will carry him to Fleet Street, fame and fortune.