Faultlands
By John Castell
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Faultlands is a re-writing of the history of the UK written in the spirit of George Santayana: "History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there." Two men, imperfect, frightened, failing, try to survive the bleak 1980s in a country at war with itself, a war which is as much about the nature of reality as anything else.
As the social divisions within the UK worsen and the opposing sides form, the horrors of upbringing and family life burst through the thin skin of society and begin to be reflected in the awful acts committed by community on community and person on person. Both men, with all the advantages and restrictions of the polite middle-class upbringings that are supposed to mould them, throw all their conditioning aside as soon as they’re confronted with the choice – opportunity and freedom to do what you want, or doing the right thing.
Countries aren’t people and it’s arguable that politicians aren’t either – but there are times when both political classes and countries begin to reflect the worse character of the people that created them. The events, organizations and actions of 1980s Britain are put together in a cynical blender and, as the blender jar is tipped out, allowed to do what they want and fall where they will.
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