What happens when three unruly American servicemen far from home meet three conventional English women? Follow Douglas Finney and his friends as they cause one disaster after another across Europe. Doug has contracted severe extroversion, acute egotism, and persistent wisecracking. When put together, these three disorders cause his friends to suffer--primarily the symptoms of irritation and hostility toward their friend.

250 pages

ISBN: 1-931982-71-6 Library Binding  $26.00

ISBN: 1-931982-72-4 Trade Paper      $15.95

Excerpt From the Book:

   They were all there, boy-girl-boy-girl-boy-girl. Doug talked about Scotland, something about the Loch Ness Monster running amok in the streets of Inverness, but nobody listened to him. Kelly, at cross-purposes, prattled on about her distant relations. Huey stared silently at the rippling river water. Maggie worried needlessly that she might have cancer because of some strange rumblings in her bowels. Ron concentrated on the direction of the boat. And Ivy decided, on reflection, that Ron resembled a kangaroo rather than a baboon.
   “You know I’m Scottish, or half Scottish,” Kelly said after she thought she heard Doug mention the northern land of some of her ancestors. “My dad’s from Scotland. My mum’s Irish. Part Irish that is. But I’m English. Am I confusing you, Douglas?”
  “No, I think I understand exactly what you’re talking about.” Doug managed to fit his sentence to the tune of “Stairway to Heaven”.
   “I was born in Bedford. You know where that is?” Kelly did not expect Doug to answer. “You don’t know, do you?”
   “Yeah, I know where Bedford is. It’s over that way.” Doug pointed southwest. “It’s about thirty miles as the pterodactyl flies.”
   “You’re smarter than I thought.” Kelly looked at him with genuine admiration.
   “What’s he on about?” Ivy said.
Kelly’s blonde hair wove itself in thin strands across her face. The gentle wind blew in all the comfort these people needed.