The Samurai of Gosford Green by Justin Hamlin

"The life of a Samurai – serving your master, bringing honour to your estate and expelling the barbarians – has never been easy. Especially not when Social Services have placed you in Gosford Green, one of Britain’s bleakest council housing facilities.

But why should this warrior be daunted? After all, the Green is an estate in dire need of regaining its honour. Apprentices must be trained, battles must be fought and if the barbarians refuse to accept expulsion, they’ll have to be dealt with in other, more permanent ways...

The traditions of Yukio Mishima and British ‘kitchen sink’ drama meet explosively and unforgettably in Justin Hamlin’s debut novel THE SAMURAI OF GOSFORD GREEN."

First published for Kindle on Amazon in 2013 in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States, Canada and Australia, this has recently become available for other e-readers thanks to the fine folk of Smashwords. 

There is a real place called Gosford Green in Coventry which I was unaware of when I wrote this. I've never been there, but from what I can tell it has little if anything in common with the fictional version. Still, I'm keeping the name because I like the resonance. By the way, in case anyone was wondering, that is Sgurr nan Gillean on the cover.