Let's run back to the 80's and imagine we are in Suffolk, hiding around an old country estate that has been handed down from generation to generation. Welcome to Marsh Heirs, a very British black comedy.
Forget that we are now living in 2019, this black comedy is a HOOT! It is told very much in the style of the successful television comedy Benidorm. Forget Political Correctness, this is how people talked in the 80's AND how old people talk and think now.
I really enjoyed this book AND found it VERY easy to relate to. It is all about old people behaving badly and should simply be viewed as a bit of fun. I told my wife (who is 7 years older than me) about this book and she did not find it funny and told me NOT to talk like that. Words and phrases that I use every day are used repeatedly in this book YET she declares I should NOT use them! Oh well, I found this book awfully British and at 60 years of age thought it was a GOOD read.
I think that the character development of these elderly people is VERY good, especially Freddie's trips across the marshes. The dialogue between the characters is SPOT ON and it is how our generation talk and think.
Okay, Rufus has taken a few risks with his novel but lighten up folks, this is labelled a black comedy on the cover. Old people DO have views on sex AND skin colour BUT don't call us perverts or racists. At least we enjoy the life we have AND believe the same as the murdered British MP Jo Cox when she said "We are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us."
The whole theme of this book is one of community and what binds us together. Although there have been critics of this book, please simply read this story as a black comedy and enjoy it for what it is, a fun 4 star read.
Marsh Heirs was written in 2011 and is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook.
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