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2012: Do you know of the Cyrenaics and would you want to join?
2012: Do you know of the Cyrenaics and would you want to join?
In 2012, a group of friends form the Cyrenaics, a group who follow and practice the hedonistic principle of sensual hedonism. However even hedonism cannot last forever and death and destruction soon follow. One of their members dies of an overdose, one disappears, another moves to Canada, and a fourth is believed to have committed suicide.
There is one unaccounted for – until a body is found in a submerged car many years later.
Ballinbrek is fictional but is on the shores of the Solway Firth between Balcary Bay and Abbyhead. It’s described thus:
“….a picturesque fishing village, the haunt of smugglers in days gone by and now generally prosperous enough. the pretty harbour, home mainly to leisure craft,was a draw for tourists…
The seventeenth century houses, harled and whitewashed or colour-washed in a spectrum running from pale cream to deepest blue – with one unfortunate shade of purple – were looking particularly charming in the water spring sunshine”
Stay in Balcary-bay while you read the book and search for Ballinbrek. And a visit to
Author/ Guide: Aline Templeton Destination: Dumfries and Galloway Departure Time :2012
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