Perking the Pansies Jack and Liam move to Turkey

A new book by Jack Scott

In the beginning there was work and work was God. After thirty years in the business, Jack had begun to question the Faith.

Just imagine the absurdity of two openly gay, recently ‘married’ middle aged, middle class men escaping the liberal sanctuary of anonymous London to relocate to a Muslim country. Jack and Liam, fed up with kiss-my-arse bosses and nose-to-nipple commutes, quit their jobs and move to a small town in Turkey. Join the culture-curious gay couple on their bumpy rite of passage in a Muslim country. Meet the oddballs, VOMITs, vetpats, emigreys, semigreys, debauched waiters and middle England miseries. When prejudice and ignorance emerge from the crude underbelly of Turkey’s expat life, Jack and Liam waver. Determined to stay the course, the happy hedonistas hitch up their skirts, move to the heart of liberal Bodrum and fall in love with their intoxicating foster land. Enter Jack’s irreverent world for a right royal dose of misery and joy, bigotry and enlightenment, betrayal and loyalty, friendship, love, earthquakes, birth, adoption and a senseless murder. Perking the Pansies will make you laugh out loud one minute and sob into your crumpled tissue the next.

The book emerged from a blog that Jack Scott started after he moved to Turkey in 2008. It became the most popular personal blog in English in that part of the world. The book was released through Summertime Publishing just before Christmas. The first reviews are really positive and it’s selling well on Amazon, both in paperback and on Kindle.

Jack is available for interviews and articles. Jack was interviewed on the Writer’s Abroad Radio Show at the Women’s Information Network. He’ll also be presenting the book at the Polari Literary Salon at London’s Royal Festival Hall on the 6^th February. Since its launch in 2007, Polari has established a reputation as a centre of excellence for promoting new LGBT writing talent. Jack will be reading passages from the book and taking questions.

For more information, news and reviews, please check Jack’s website.