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The central charecter had been traumatised by a rapid descent from riches to rags and being of Romany stock was branded 'Pikey Joe'. The narrative unfolds as the subject's troop shiparrives at Tilbury Docks. War experience had broadened his mind and he embarks on a triangle of relationships with his Grandmother a gypsy and a former SOE officer married to an Eastern European Romany. The triangle develops nthrough his marriage and there is an explosion of business and civic responsibility and brotherhood.
About the author
Mike Harris grew up in Australia. He earned a bachelor's in engineering, with a focus on designing technology, at the University of Queensland. He has lived and worked in many places since, as a project engineer, community worker, technology trainer, and vocational education manager, though his finest achievements are his two sons who run the best café in Adelaide. A health scare brought about many radical changes in his life. One of them was becoming a storyteller. 'The Dream Walker' is his first written story.
