Books by Jim Best

The second of the Oedipus trilogy see's Tim dealing with his actions, the second Oedipus play, the diary of a young female art student and extracts from Tim's first novel. It's a dark take on life in Brighton at the turn of the century

Tim wants to be a writer. Unemployed and lonely he begins a re-write of the play Oedipus. His world is turned upside down though by a meeting with Kirsty, the girl of his dreams. But are they good dreams or nightmares?

Beer crate nova-sphinx tells the surreal tale of a man and his finger girl as he battles life in the crazy city of Brighton, with aided asides that might or might not be real, in a poetic type form unknown to poetry

A collection of Jim's more serious poems, written over the course of two years. Dealing with sadness and loss, loneliness, politics, love gone wrong, societies under belly and the traumas of modern life