About the Book: No One Writes to the Colonel
Fridays are different. Every other day of the week, the Colonel and his ailing
wife fight a constant battle against poverty and monotony, scraping together the
dregs of their savings for the food and medicine that keeps them alive. But on
Fridays the postman comes - and that sets a fleeting wave of hope rushing
through the Generals ageing heart. for fifteen years hes watched the mail launch
come into harbour, hoping hell be handed an envelope containing the army pension
promised to him all those years ago. Whilst he waits for the cheque, his hopes
are pinned