Daniel Connah's mother is dead. Thank God.
But there's a problem. Who's going to explain why the fifty-year-old
journalist is a misfit, addicted to sex and steals - among other
character flaws?
His domineering mother, Muriel, might be accountable. But that lets his
emotionally distant father, Jim, off the hook. Or did his criminally
inclined brother and sisters lead him astray?
Then there's Daniel. Is he to blame? Or was he just caught in the
crossfire between warring parents?
At the core of this darkly comic story about family dynamics and what
makes us who we are, is whether Muriel loved Daniel. Otherwise, what
chance has he got of loving himself or anyone else?
A Corroded Soul, the first in a planned trilogy, is about morality,
regret and the perverse nature of grief. Based on his own life, author
and BAFTA-nominated investigations journalist Peter Woolrich blends fact
and fiction in this searing self-examination.