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Skirrow was born in Barry, South Wales

Skirrow was born in Barry, South Wales. In 1963, Skirrow met Alida Haskins, who showed him the maquette of Cowboy Kate & Other Stories by Sam Haskins, and he put words to the visual story devised by Sam and Alida. Alida introduced him to Sam's publisher, the Bodley Head in London, who went on to publish his thriller novels. Sam's next book, November Girl, was published in 1966 and Skirrow provided the text for the melancholic visual story. Two sequels followed: I Was Following This Girl and I'm Trying to Give It Up, tough, irreverent, and witty. Punch called them "the Chandler formula, basically, but louder and funnier.

John Brock, ex-part-time spy who has been seen before in It Won't Get You Anywhere (1966) but you'll have fun entertainment, returns here as a flip talking advertising genius

John Brock, ex-part-time spy who has been seen before in It Won't Get You Anywhere (1966) but you'll have fun entertainment, returns here as a flip talking advertising genius. Until he unwittingly gets into a bash with the agency's top client Tommy Tranter, the midget monolith maker. It's timely for Tranter who is being blackmailed by a seedy consultant firm. He forces Brock to stop them but the major suspect is dead before arrival

Two sequels followed: I Was Following This Girl and I'm Trying to Give It Up, tough, irreverent, and witty.

Sam's next book, November Girl, was published in 1966 and Skirrow provided the text for the melancholic visual story. While working as an advertising executive in the mid-1960s Skirrow commuted daily from Brighton to London, and he wrote 1,000 words a day until he had a 70,000-word novel. This was It Won't Get You Anywhere, the first of three spy novels about fictional British agent John Brock.

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Writing as: Desmond Skirrow. It Won't Get You Anywhere (1966). I Was Following This Girl (1967). I'm Trying To Give It Up (1968).

Author: Skirrow Desmond.

Last updated March 24, 2019. Desmond Skirrow (1923 or 1924 in Barry, South Wales – 16 August 1976, Hove, England) was a British advertising executive and novelist. Samuel Joseph Haskins, was a British photographer, born and raised in South Africa. He started his career in Johannesburg and moved to London in 1968.

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