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That Damned Fly

A Life In Verse

Gary Powell

KEY SELLING POINTS
An autobiography both in text and verse which also covers many subjects from everyday life and resonate
with any reader living in modern-day Britain.
The poems are thought-provoking but in the main fun.
Not only a record of a life, but an insight into a social history that is forever changing.

Life is full of ups and downs.

Gary Powell reflects on a secure but challenging start in life followed by a police career that took him all over
the United Kingdom and the world, witnessing the aftermath of many significant events. These reflections are
often in verse ranging from crime and riot to the lighter side of life featuring everyday issues that concern us all
be it: the lack of high street banks to the taxman or the need for an English national anthem to the
magnificence of St Paul’s Cathedral.
The poems will make you laugh or shed a tear; and reflect life in modern-day Britain.

Gary Powell is a retired London police o2cer and now resides in North Norfolk. He has published 4ve books
to date, mainly on true crime and London History with his 4rst crime 4ction novel being released in January
2024. He is a guide at St Paul’s Cathedral, a public speaker and a member of the Crime Writers Association.

Publication Date: 28th June 2024 £9.99 ISBN: 9781805143901
Thema subject category: DCF – Poetry by individual poets
paperback 216 x 138 mm 208 pp Portrait Author location: Sheringham

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