Minding Horace

“The old bastard hadn’t made an appearance in almost twenty years, not since my eighteenth birthday, yet there he was, standing on my doorstep, about as welcome as the remnants of a worm in a half-eaten apple.”Elizabeth’s life is not going well. A thirty-something English teacher, she has separated from her partner after the death of their young son and is now accumulating debt and drinking too much. But one wet Cambridge morning in April, she receives a surprise visit from Horace, her octogenarian Great Uncle, who presents her with a bizarre proposition.The journey they subsequently undertake presents Elizabeth with innumerable problems arising from Horace’s propensity for uninhibited behaviour and apparent indifference to social embarrassment. But it is also a voyage into the past, where Elizabeth seeks an explanation of the strange circumstances surrounding the death of her grandfather, Horace’s twin brother. The consequences are unanticipated and will change forever the course of both their lives.