The Spanish Connection

Editing my father’s book brought back many family memories.


Called Not With A Whimper, it’s a Cold War thriller set in Spain in the 1970s.

Scottish-born, he first went abroad in his thirties. For £35 each, he found us a fortnight package holiday in the south of Spain. The hotel was a converted bodega, literally on the beach near Chipiona. He fell in love with the continental lifestyle overnight.


Once I began reading, I found to my astonishment that I recognised many of the locations in the book, all from that first holiday.

Read more in a short article at Reader's Entertainment about the Spanish connection.


By Pamela Kelt

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