The Uganda Sails Wednesday: SHORTLISTED FOR RETREAT WEST FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2019

It is 1960 and as the SS Uganda steams her way to Africa, tea plantation manager William Fontwell is left wondering why his wife and son are travelling so urgently to see him.

On board, Heather and Johnny Fontwell make friends amongst passengers and crew. But with the temperature rising, bigotry and jealousies emerge, and Heather is subjected to a series of unpleasant incidents that risk her secrets being exposed.

Events take a tragic trun before they dock at Mombasa, and William arrives at the port to confront a captain and crew who seem to be hiding the truth.

• Paperback : 336 pages
• ISBN-13 : 978-1913062-28-6
• Product Dimensions : 198 x 129 mm
• Publisher : RedDoor Press (24 Sep. 2020)
• Language: : English

Stuart Condie has been a director of transport facilities across europe and Australia as well as a consultant. He completed a two-year creative writing course at Sussex University in 2011 and is a founder member of the Chalk Circle Writing and publishing group.

Stuart has written over twenty short stories from flash to 8k words; four stories have been published in anthologies in the UK and USA and another is available in pamphlet form.

The Uganda Sails Wednesday is his first full length novel and is the first of a trilogy. It was shortlisted for the Retreat West first novel prize 2019.

Stuart is a UK French dual national and holds masters degrees from Cambridge and City Universities. He's married with two daughters and lives in Sussex.