Perking the Pansies - Jack and Liam move to Turkey
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Perking the Pansies - Jack and Liam move to Turkey
Just imagine the absurdity of two openly gay, recently 'married' middle aged, middle class men escaping the liberal sanctuary of anonymous London to relocate to a Muslim country.
Jack and Liam, fed up with kiss-my-arse bosses and nose-to-nipple commutes, quit their jobs and move to a small town in Turkey. Join the culture-curious gay couple on their bumpy rite of passage in a Muslim country. Meet the oddballs, VOMITs, vetpats, emigreys, semigreys, debauched waiters and middle England miseries. When bigotry and ignorance emerge from the crude underbelly of Turkey's expat life, Jack and Liam waver. Determined to stay the course, the happy hedonistas hitch up their skirts, move to the heart of liberal Bodrum and fall in love with their intoxicating foster land. Enter Jack's irreverent world for a right royal dose of misery and joy, bigotry and enlightenment, betrayal and loyalty, friendship, love, earthquakes, birth, adoption and a senseless murder. Perking the Pansies will make you laugh out loud one minute and sob into your crumpled tissue the next.
"An entertaining story, told with wit and insight."
Paul Burston, author, The gay Divorcee
In the beginning there was work and work was God. After thirty years in the business, Jack had begun to question the Faith.
Jack and Liam, fed up with kiss-my-arse bosses and nose-to-nipple commutes, quit their jobs and move to a small town in Turkey. Join the culture-curious gay couple on their bumpy rite of passage in a Muslim country. Meet the oddballs, VOMITs, vetpats, emigreys, semigreys, debauched waiters and middle England miseries. When bigotry and ignorance emerge from the crude underbelly of Turkey's expat life, Jack and Liam waver. Determined to stay the course, the happy hedonistas hitch up their skirts, move to the heart of liberal Bodrum and fall in love with their intoxicating foster land. Enter Jack's irreverent world for a right royal dose of misery and joy, bigotry and enlightenment, betrayal and loyalty, friendship, love, earthquakes, birth, adoption and a senseless murder. Perking the Pansies will make you laugh out loud one minute and sob into your crumpled tissue the next.
"An entertaining story, told with wit and insight."
Paul Burston, author, The gay Divorcee
In the beginning there was work and work was God. After thirty years in the business, Jack had begun to question the Faith.
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Paul Burston, author, The Gay Divorcee
"Scott pulls no punches. A good read from the new boy on the block."
Jane Akatay, journalist
"An insightful tale of life abroad from the pen of a serial people watcher. Expat Jack lays his characters bare along with his heart and soul.''
Kym Ciftci, On the Ege Magazine
"Jack and Liam bring a certain je ne sais quoi to the souks and heap a plate of dry British wit on their Ottoman misadventures."
Charles Ayres, author, Impossibly Glamorous
"... hilarious, saucy, witty, heartwarming and incredibly moving."
Linda A Janssen, Writer and Co-Author, Turning Points, Adventuresinexpatland
"With a sharp eye (and only sometimes a sharper tongue) and a deft and witty touch, he succeeds in homing in on the ludicrous, the contradictions, the conceits, and the dramas of an unlikely mixture of Brits and other Europeans sharing the same small places on a small peninsula on the Aegean."
Chris Drum Berkaya, journalist
"You feel an instant affection for Jack and Liam, their families, and the rag tag group of emigreys, VOMITs and semigreys."
Erin Ball, BlogExpat
"Loved it! Jack Scott has penned a memoir of which to be proud. Exquisitely written, utterly candid, beautifully descriptive and observant, this is a balanced narrative that features belly-laugh humour and poignancy in satisfying juxtaposition. Jack's integrity shines through, as does the love and respect that he and hubby Liam have for each other. In summary, a delightful read that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend."
Deborah Fletcher, author, Bitten by Spain, Bitten by Spain
"Perking The Pansies is not so much about Jack's Adventures Through The Looking Glass, but more about Who He Found There - a refreshing change from the many memoirs whose authors are constantly center-stage."
Kate Allison, The Displaced Nation
"I just read the book cover to proverbial cover as I could not put it down. I laughed and cried and adored the verve and jauntiness with which you wrote about the experiences."
Liz Cameron, Slowlybyslowly
"I can't heap any more praise on "Perking the Pansies" - the book, without gushing%u2026. it takes an author to lead us through chapters that ignite our imagination%u2026.a full bodied Bordeaux, maturing and breathing in a crystal cut goblet%u2026.a post-coital embrace that lingers 'til dawn."
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ShellysLGBT
Feb 20, 2012 @ 2:07 am | delete
- I started reading your book this evening Jack. I must say, I'm enjoying it so far. Look for a full review on my blog soon.
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jackscott
Feb 20, 2012 @ 11:03 am | delete
- Thank you. I'll look for it.
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