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Born in Newport, Monmouthshire, 1931, Leslie Thomas is the son of a sailor who was lost of sea in 1943. His boyhood in an orphanage is evoked in This Time Next Week published in 1964. At sixteen, he became a reporter, before going on to do his national service. He won worldwide acclaim with his bestselling novel The Virgin Soldiers, which has achieved international sales of over two million copies. His next novel, Dover Beach, will be published by William Heinemann in November 2005.
'Ribald and rich in comic invention' * Daily Mail * 'A follow-up to the wildyly successful The Virgin Soldiers...an excellent, amusing read' * Scotsman * 'Not for maiden aunts - the sex scenes are quite explicit!' * Liverpool Daily Post *
