A THOUSAND MILES FROM NOWHERE
"I
looked at him with a mix of curiosity and disdain.
His
eyes would change from a beautiful gold to sudden deep dark empty pools, devoid
of emotion.
His
skin was deathly pale, his body achingly thin, almost emaciated.
He
must have once been attractive, before the drugs brutalised his body.
He
was the dealer, the pusher man.
Both
loved and loathed by all those who knew him.
I
felt a moment of fear and foreboding in the pit of my belly; did I really want
to do this?"
A journey of experimentation and sexual awakening set
in Spain.
Saffron, a young twenty something, leaves
behind the grey skies of the UK to embark on a road trip. Her mission: to blot
out the pain of a devastating love affair. She encounters a country still in
the grip of those first heady years of freedom, a fledgling democracy in place
and where the peseta still reigned supreme.
What ensues is a journey of hedonism and
excitement as Saffron embarks on a series of affairs and dangerous
relationships.
From travelling Rock bands to polygamists
and conmen on the run, nothing is ever what it seems.
Despite her intentions to 'Find herself'
she is drawn instead to some less salubrious characters as well as certain mind
altering substances that do little to clarify her thought patterns.
An attempt to open the doors of perception
gives us a bizarre glimpse into the world of hallucinogens in a place aptly
named 'Sodom and Gomorrah.'
No matter the twists and turns the story
takes: travel, adventure, drugs, sex and passion; at its core is the absence of
the one person who pushes the story to the end.
Love, loss, friendship and tears; from
moments of darkness to laughter and comical encounters; Saffron eventually
realises there is one person you cannot escape from; yourself.
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