NOTTZ '08 : A Novel

2008. Middle England.    Nottingham is recovering from being the gun capital of the UK. The city is changing. The no-smoking ban is a year in. The Death of The Pub looms, with a string of Starbucks, Neros and Costa set to replace it. Jeremy Kyle is still on the box and Cheryl Cole is trying to fade out her accent.    27-year-old Robin Goode stands on his own precipice.    Womaniser. Alcoholic.    His boat about to capsize as he stares into the shotgun of a five-day bender.    Hand on the glass. Finger on the trigger.    Only this time could be the last time.    A relapse he is sure to never come back from.