Pride All Year Long

A darkly satirical literary thriller that will captivate readers of transgressive fiction and social critique.

When Faisal emerges from the English Channel after his record-breaking swim from France, Brian and Eileen Pratchett expect gratitude—after all, they rescued him from the refugee pool, fed him, trained him, transformed him. But Cameron, a young Scottish drifter, has come searching for his brother Malcolm, one of the Pratchetts' earlier 'projects.' Malcolm was going to be a tennis champion. Instead, he disappeared.

As Cameron's questions grow more pointed and Faisal's gratitude turns ambiguous, the Pratchetts' carefully maintained facade begins to crack. Behind their respectable seafront home with its immaculate rose garden lies a darker story—one of control, obsession, and the terrible price of failing to meet expectations.

Swimming for England is a masterful psychological portrait that operates simultaneously as thriller, social satire, and searing indictment. Goodman's prose is both beautiful and brutal, his imagery visceral, his characters rendered with uncomfortable intimacy. This is fiction that disturbs, provokes, and lingers—perfect for book clubs seeking compact, challenging material and readers who appreciate the intersection of literary ambition and page-turning suspense.

Joyful, wild, gay stories from award winning Martin Goodman.

Meet his cast of characters:

New York designer Arnold, whose lovely life blossoms from age 7. We watch him grow famous then learn from the bumps of life.

A young priest who leaves uptight England to lose and find himself in Turkey.

Queenie, scarred from her time as a beautiful boy, meets young Tom, who loves the fact that she's a wreck.

A young Indian teacher meets an older London billionaire who’s not yet out.

And the stunning finale is a gay version of Melville's classic Billy Budd, the tale of a beautiful doomed sailor.

"A ravishing collection, remarkably wide-ranging in subject, mood and tone, each story exquisitely crafted."
– Paul Russell, author of Immaculate Blue