title: The Coconut Book
author:  Richard Maynard 
description: Maynard's first novel, already acclaimed in England, is an impressive debut. It is a haunting psychological version of Robinson Crusoe that captures the trials of a man in isolation, fighting to survive physically and mentally on a sandy, barrensave for seven coconut treesisland in the South Pacific. We are never told his name, his age or even what he looks like beyond the sketchiest clues. The narrative is, in fact, a story within a story, for the enigma of the castaway is brought to light when a coconut containing a written account of his ordeal is discovered by vacationers who search for him unsuccessfully. The diary represents this modern-day Crusoe's attempt to keep his sanity. Visited by people he once knew, he realizes they are hallucinations but nonetheless discusses philosophy with them. He stretches himself, having to improvise implements to stay alive. When he runs out of paper, we understand he has also reached the end of his mental tether. In terse, understated prose, Maynard grippingly evokes the loneliness, fear and mounting despair of a man isolated from the human community. <br />Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: Coconuts
  
  and
  
  Wonderbras
  
  A romantic comedy adventure by
  
  Lynda Renham
  
  
  
  
  
  The right of Lynda Renham to be identified as the author of the work has been
  asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents act
  1988.
  
  
  eISBN 978-0-9571372-3-3
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  first edition
  
  
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  All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real
  persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
  
  
  Copyright © Raucous Publishing 2012
  
  
  [www.raucouspublishing.co.uk](http://www.raucouspublishing.co.uk)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter One
  
  Don’t you just hate diets? Well maybe you don’t. You’re probably on