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David Turri

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David Turri was born in Liverpool in the 1950s and grew up in New Zealand. After living in Barcelona for a few years, he settled down permanently in Japan, where he is surrounded by a noisy harem of wife, two grown daughters and two granddaughters. He has been writing most of his life – textbooks for the English language industry, which industry pays the rent and puts food on the table; and fiction. In spite of his wife’s unspoken belief that his novels would only be published posthumously, one was actually published two years ago. “Damaged Cargoes” is an historical story about child trafficking and opium set in Kobe in 1870. Another novel, an occult story titled “29 Argyle Drive”, was published last year and is proving popular among Amazon ...more

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An excerpt from “A Pig With Three Legs”

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Tommy Dugdale is a stand-up comic. A failed one. A has-been from the start of his career. A never-even-was. Audiences from Blackpool to Benidorm hate him. Existentialism is funnier. Bus timetables get more laughs. The Rosetta stone makes more sense.


In his time, this Flying Dutchman of the comedy circuit has played every venue there is. From working men’s clubs through holiday parks to stag nights

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