|  | A collection of short stories set in the City of London in the 20th Century.
First published on this website - and now available in book form.
Nostalgia may not be what it used to be. Read why
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TALES FROM THE LONG BAR by Saif Rahman.
ISBN 1-904433-10-X
Nostalgia may not be what it used be, but do you ever get the feeling that the future’s not worth holding your breath for either?
Do you remember the double edged sword that was ‘having a proper job’ and struggling within the coils of the multiheaded monster that was ‘the organisation’?
Are you fed up with forever having to hit the ground running, working dafter not smarter - and always being in a rush trying to dress down on Fridays?
Do you miss not having a career, a pension plan or even the occasional long lunch with colleagues and friends?
For anyone who knows what’s what (but can’t do much about it), Tales from the Long Bar should prove entertaining. If it doesn’t, it will at least reassure you that you are not alone.
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Click here to download the e-book from Diesel eBooks.SAIF RAHMAN
Saif Rahman is the author of Tales from the Long Bar based in and around the City of London; and Archipelago set in the towns and cities linked by London’s orbital motorway.
Bursting free from the M25, Down to a Sunset Sea covers a year in the life of a group of fifty-somethings, tail-end baby-boomers coping with opportunities thrust upon them and possibilities they'd rather not have to contemplate. Paranoia becomes redundant when they really are out to get you.Who are 'they'? The cabal of the capable. Who are 'they' after? The generation that wishes it could remember the sixties and forget the noughties...
Who are 'they'? The cabal of the capable. Who are 'they' after? The generation that wishes it could remember the sixties and forget the noughties...
TALES FROM THE LONG BAR
(Click on a highlighted tale to read it)
1. THE TALE OF THE SMALL ROOM
2. JOINING UP
3. ANY DREAM WILL DO
4. CALL ME UNCLE
5. DEATH BY DELEGATION
6. STRAIGHTER JACKETS
7. EGHAM ODDITY
8. DEATH BY POWERPOINT
9. OF CABBAGES AND CARROTS
10. SHORTENING THE MEASURE
11. ALL PRESCIENT AND CORRECT
12. THE LIFE THAT ONCE I WOULD HAVE LED
13. PLUMBING THE DEPTHS
14. YOUR EGGS IN THEIR BASKETS
15. EVERYWHERE AND ALL OVER THE PLACE
16. CANNY EATERS
17. RAGING NOT DROWNING
18. ARGUING THE TOSS
19. ILLUSTRATE WITH CARE
20. DIETS OF WORMS
21. ZERO SUM DREAMS | | 22. PLAY HARDER TO GET
23. 1998: A LONG LUNCH
24. ONE DOOR CLOSES AND ANOTHER OPENS
27. ORWELL’S WHAT ENDS WELL
28. WAITING FOR THE PAPERBACK
29. A PROPER JOB
30. PUSHING AND SHOVING
31. CATCHING ON
32. THE SHORT AND THE CURLY
33. CANDLEWICK BY DARK
34. THEY ALSO SERVED
35. HAWKSWORTHS
36. SAVOURY VICES
37. INTRAY ENTRÉE
38. RIPPING YARNS AND SUNDERED THREADS
39. KNIGHT OF THE LONG SPOON
40. THE COIN OF THE OTHER SIDE
41. HUNTING HEADS AND FEEDING FRENZIES
42. THAT REMINDS ME
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