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Davina was her name and she pleaded that I should not write this, that I should not expose her to the world. Apologies, sweet Davey, whose standard would I bear if your starlit eyes had not so pleaded. Those days are gone. These are the opening lines from The Stormer, another hilarious, romantic comedy novel by the author of The Sex Diaries. It sees struggling artist, Hugh, think he’s made it when he’s commissioned to paint a mural on the gable end wall of a tenement in his beloved home-town of Glasgow in Scotland. He paints a nude of his long-lost first love, Davina. But she’s married to a senior cop now and he’s not happy about this portrayal of his wife, naked. He sets a police unit the job of fixing Hugh. Bruised and battered, Hugh defies them all as he and Davina discover what they really mean to each other. Enter a whimsical world where romantic ideals meet sheer idiocy, featuring a biker called Midden, a tramp called The Shame, a gang leader called Slab and a stunning, gorgeous, redhead called The Stormer.


About the Author


Gurmeet Mattu is of Indian descent but was born in and resides in Glasgow, Scotland. A trained journalist, he has worked for the BBC as well as writing dramatic scripts, mostly comedic, for both theatre and radio. His screenplay, Disciple, won the Scottish Screen/DNA Films First Draft Award, He was in charge of running the Glasgow Mela when it was first conceived in 1990 when Glasgow was the European Capital of Culture. Among his other accomplishments he wrote and directed the video documentary Common Cause, about the Indian army’s contribution to the allied cause in World War Two, and also organized the photographic exhibition, The Sikhs in Glasgow. He has been married twice and has one daughter.