PRAISE FROM FELLOW WRITERS

This saucy sequel is a veritable tour-de-force of camp, catty humor and heartwarming homosocial homilies. Kay is a perfect angel when it comes to skewering the gauche guignol of Brighton’s self-styled aesthetes, artists and social climbers. 

Wiley old drag queens, gay leather bikers, wild fancy dress parties and almost forgotten sex codes. What’s not to love!

Daren has the ability to draw you into his world with vivid and compelling characters. His work is funny, entertaining, moving and endlessly fascinating.

A page-turner from start to finish, The Brightonians Under Siege is clever, canny and oh-so caustic in places. Daren brings out the lighter side of lockdown in Brighton in the most ingenious ways - matched with being highly entertaining to make a serious point. A true tale of the unexpected.

This second instalment from The Brightonians is full of wonderful wit and wordplay we expect from Kay, but also fascinating glimpses into Brighton;’s queer history - bring on Book Three!

A fab follow-up to The Brightonians. Fun and interesting, comparing Brighton gay life pre and post AIDs with how poeple and the government responded to COVID.