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Interview with Nicholas Powell
1. What do you consider are your strengths?
Strategic brain, high intelligence, sense of humour, resilience
2. What do you consider are your weaknesses?
Over giving as compensation for my secrecy, not suffering fools gladly
3. What is one physical attribute you are proud of?
My facial bone structure
4. What one physical attribute would you change?
My abdominal girth (not terrible but never really goes away)
5. What do you consider your special talent?
Reading situations
6. What do you wish your special talent was?
Complete honesty
7. What are you most proud of about your life?
Getting to the top of my profession
8. Is there anything you've always wanted to do but haven't done? What would happen if you did it?
I wanted to travel in South America, probably fall for all the Latino guys
9. What's the worst thing you've ever done? Why?
Argued with my mother to the extent of swearing and getting drunk. A terrible argument.
10. Describe your ideal mate.
Frank and honest, loving in a daily domestic way, tolerant of my vices and faults, a home maker.
11. What are you most afraid of?
Losing someone close and being left alone
12. What's the most important thing in your life? What do you value most?
Compassion and connection to the world of action, giving and sharing
13. How do you feel about your life right now? What, if anything, would you like to change?
I am holed up in a corner of my own making. I want and need to break free.
14. If you could be an animal, what would it be? (You can adapt this question to fit the character ie/make it what kind of car, plant, whatever.)
A chameleon
Book Description
A story of love and corruption set in the business world of Hong Kong and London
High-powered business strategist Nicholas Powell takes up a position in Hong Kong as an advisor to one of the world’s leading banks during the handover of the territory to China. With his wife back at the spacious family home in the Home Counties, and his children already beginning adult life, Nicholas feels free to acknowledge—and act on—feelings he has kept secret for years. He soon begins a clandestine relationship with Daniel, a Chinese manager at the bank, and in the first flush of romance promises him a new life in the UK.
High-powered business strategist Nicholas Powell takes up a position in Hong Kong as an advisor to one of the world’s leading banks during the handover of the territory to China. With his wife back at the spacious family home in the Home Counties, and his children already beginning adult life, Nicholas feels free to acknowledge—and act on—feelings he has kept secret for years. He soon begins a clandestine relationship with Daniel, a Chinese manager at the bank, and in the first flush of romance promises him a new life in the UK.
October 4th - October 9th
Title: Chinese Walls
Author: David Price
Publisher: Olive Press, London
Release Date: July 20, 2014
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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