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While working unhappily as an accounting machine salesman, Robin Squire met the ex-manager of a professional pop group who was rooming in the same house in London as he was. Intrigued, Robin grilled him over numerous beers and the result several weeks later was his first novel, Square One, which was published by W.H. Allen & Co. and New English Library (and is soon to be re-published by Random House). This launched him as a writer and led to a stint at BBC TV in the ‘Doctor Who’ office, during which he played a monster (an Auton) in Jon Pertwee’s debut as the Time Lord (about which he has begun writing a book to be called Autonomously Yours). His screenplay The Lion’s Share was directed by Norman Cohen in South Africa; and then his now-classic horror tale A Portrait Of Barbara was published by St Martin’s Press in New York and Sphere Books in the UK (and is shortly to be re-published by Little, Brown Book Group). Meanwhile Robin had many jobs, from dishwasher to driver for a car hire company to restaurant cashier to security guard to house-cleaner to proofreader to bingo steward to copy-editor to magazine journalist to background (and sometimes foreground) actor in TV. He was even an infantry soldier in the British Army, where he learned all he needed to know about what he calls ‘keeping going’.
Reviewed by Louise Woods for Readers' Favorite
Lavender Days by Robin Squire is a superb introspective romance story. This book will undoubtedly play at your heartstrings and will appeal to an adult audience. Gabriel Reeve is a 60-something bachelor, living an empty life in London, England. That is until the fateful day he comes across a long forgotten diary of his encounter with a beautiful American in Provence some twenty years ago. As the pages of the diary turn, the grey shroud of what his life has become is removed from his eyes, shade by shade, to reveal an interlude lived in such stunning color that Gabriel cannot believe his precious moments with Kathryn have passed into the far recesses of his mind. He is reminded of a time filled with earth-shattering lust, comfortable moments of familial bliss, and what seems to be a whole lifetime crammed into the space of two weeks.
Robin Squire writes with such vivid clarity and amazing detail, I can almost smell the fields of sun-bathed lavender and fresh-baked baguettes. Robin brings to life with epic quality the budding relationship between Gabriel and Kathryn. Why did Gabriel forget his time in Provence? His regrets, self-doubt and realizations as the past unfolds are almost palpable. To ride the emotional relationship roller-coaster through the eyes of a self-doubting ‘gentlemanly’ man made Lavender Days a unique weekend read. I hope to see more books in the future!
