Thin Ice

About this book

Charles Harwood is an out-of-work actor but fill-in jobs arent for him. He doesnt want to drive a minicab deal dope or have another string to his bow - hes a purist. And without any acting to do the main event of his day is an audition for an ice-cream commercial. The next job and getting through the day on the few quid in his pocket are Charlies main preoccupations. In one day he wends his way through a traffic jam in his dilapidated car and meets old faces. An after-work drink turns into a big night out - an opening-night party followed by a sexual encounter with a soignee star with an arthritic hip. This is the world of Charles Harwood and most other actors in the business. It is a hand-to-mouth event to event lifetime spent in a state of controlled desperation.