A Country Weekend
von Doug EllisWhen a party of children from Sodbury Primary School on their annual outing to a nearby campsite get tangled up with a platoon of soldiers on night exercise, a squad of sinister armed secret police and members of a Russian sex-trafficking gang, the scene is set for confusion, farce and mayhem, the consequences of which reach as high as the Home Secretary and a top-secret government committee, threatening reputations and careers.
In this hilarious but biting satire Doug Ellis takes a dig at many aspects of contemporary society but particularly the habit of secrecy in official circles and the culture of militarism that pervades our traditions and way of life. The victims in this tale, as always, are ordinary people caught up in events and circumstances beyond their control and much of the spicy entertainment derives from their determination to fight back, by fair means or foul.
In this hilarious but biting satire Doug Ellis takes a dig at many aspects of contemporary society but particularly the habit of secrecy in official circles and the culture of militarism that pervades our traditions and way of life. The victims in this tale, as always, are ordinary people caught up in events and circumstances beyond their control and much of the spicy entertainment derives from their determination to fight back, by fair means or foul.