Summer 1987.

Stephen Wallingford, once the epitaph of all things fabulous and now a recluse of the modern era, receives a letter from an up and coming author wishing to talk about his life.

Although reluctant to meet, Stephen decides to re-emerge from the shadows, and reflect on the past, of childhood ambitions and dreams, forgotten lovers and the scandalous demise of the bright young things.

And with tears, laughter and broken hearts rediscovered, Stephen is transported back in time to a life of parties, pink gin and illicit love.

But there is just one slight problem.

Stephen Wallingford never existed and yet the world he would have lived in almost certainly did. Mark Binmore has created here a part interview part biography of a bright young beautiful person being interviewed in his twilight years, a chance to reflect on the past to discover secret sins and forgotten lovers, a time to ponder, to cry, perhaps even to forget and move on.

Mark Binmore (b.1971) was born in Torquay, England. In 2010 he published his first work, a collection of short stories, Even When Tonight Is Over, which was soon followed by The Hair Of The Hound (2011), In Search Of The Fabulous People (2013) and Hounds Of Winter (2013). In 2014 he published Jig Of Life (published in USA and Canada as The J) and Soon Before The Soon as well as his first full length novel Now Is Not The Time For Trumpets and the second part of his winter collection, Ember Asleep. His second full length novel A Life Of Parties-The Life Of Agatha Dewsbury, is set to be published in 2015. Mark currently divides his time between his homes in England and France.