Major BS Author:John Martin All Major Jeremy Billycock-Smythe wanted was money, a knighthood and for everyone to call him Major B.S. He never asked for a helicopter to take away most of his dreams. If you like the madcap worlds created by Tom Sharpe, Carl Hiassen or Colin Bateman, you'll enjoy this funny mystery novel, which is set in Australia but sources two of its main... more » characters from South London. If you enjoy a bit of schadenfreude, you'll appreciate seeing Major B.S. getting his comeuppance while the man he bullies and belittles emerges as the real hero of the novel. Things start going wrong for Major B.S. when he accidentally brings 12 illegal immigrants into the country. Then he finds out the historic grazing property owned by his eighth wife is under threat of bankruptcy. The downward spiral continues after he summons his one-eared former sergeant, Billy Baxter, from England. The plan is for him to help the major convert an old shearing shed to accommodate executives he's signed up for a training course, which he hopes will solve their financial woes. But Major B.S. never banked on the illegal immigrants re-entering his life to make things even more complicated. When Major BS and Bax start seeing a mysterious helicopter, Major BS takes it as confirmation someone is moving in on his neighbour who simply must be shady -- and decides to take matters in his own hands. He's sure his heroism will hurry his knighthood along. Throw in a bunch of other eccentric characters, a spot of Morris dancing, and the implosion of Major B.S.'s latest marriage, and this story will have you chuckling and guessing what could possibly happen next. But don't feel sorry for the unlikeable Major BS. In fact, feel free to cheer when the helicopter takes away his dream and hopes. Buy this novel if you just want to escape reality and lose yourself in chuckles for a few hours.« less