'I Was a Teenage Devil - But I’m Alright Now!’ is a true story. It is the continuing saga of Thomas, our protagonist from 'Surviving the Battleground of Childhood', and follows him into the British army. At just fifteen years of age - in order to escape the environment that bound him - our intrepid survivor joins the Parachute Regiment; swapping his home in the coalmining community of Keresley, for Aldershot, the home of the British Army. As he struggles to negotiate with his new environment, one of sixty new recruits, the story continues; following him as, steeped in the elitism of the Parachute Regiment, he continues to grow up through the second half of his teens.
Our hero encounters his fair share of adventures, and misadventures. On one occasion, an old devil comes-a-calling (a predator, disguised in the form of a senior RAF officer) and Thomas, when a rage that has been smoldering within for most of his life is ignited, decides to commit the ultimate sin: to take a life. Fully committing himself to the task, can he actually do it?
Searching for emotional validity, his trysts and affairs of the heart vary from fleeting, to sordid, to totally absorbing; until finally he meets the girl of his dreams. Holding on tight, for all he is worth, has Thomas finally found happiness? Or will the reality he has created crumble, leaving him with a handful of dust and a sour taste in his mouth? 'I Was a Teenage Devil’ is a sequel, but it stands on its own, dealing with a different set of, no less significant, moral issues.
‘I Was a Teenage Devil - But I’m Alright Now!’ will appeal to anyone who ever served in the forces, or is currently serving in the forces, or was married to anyone serving in the forces, or is currently married to anyone in the forces, particularly if they were any of the above while they were young and more particularly still if they were teenagers. However, as it is fundamentally still a story about growing up, most people - young, old or in between - will relate to Teenage Devil in some way.
Our hero encounters his fair share of adventures, and misadventures. On one occasion, an old devil comes-a-calling (a predator, disguised in the form of a senior RAF officer) and Thomas, when a rage that has been smoldering within for most of his life is ignited, decides to commit the ultimate sin: to take a life. Fully committing himself to the task, can he actually do it?
Searching for emotional validity, his trysts and affairs of the heart vary from fleeting, to sordid, to totally absorbing; until finally he meets the girl of his dreams. Holding on tight, for all he is worth, has Thomas finally found happiness? Or will the reality he has created crumble, leaving him with a handful of dust and a sour taste in his mouth? 'I Was a Teenage Devil’ is a sequel, but it stands on its own, dealing with a different set of, no less significant, moral issues.
‘I Was a Teenage Devil - But I’m Alright Now!’ will appeal to anyone who ever served in the forces, or is currently serving in the forces, or was married to anyone serving in the forces, or is currently married to anyone in the forces, particularly if they were any of the above while they were young and more particularly still if they were teenagers. However, as it is fundamentally still a story about growing up, most people - young, old or in between - will relate to Teenage Devil in some way.
