Rate My Blurb: The Pub Gardeners by Jon Lymon

Tricky things to write, blurbs. Trying to condense multi thousand word novels into a couple of hundred? That’s not easy. But I put mine up for your perusal and look forward to any criticism or complements you send my way:

THE PUB GARDENERS by Jon Lymon

When made redundant from their careers in advertising, two desperate creatives, Darlington and Waverley, steal a van full of gardening equipment from the scene of their final ad shoot, and search for new meaning to their lives which, being English, means they head to the pub.

In the Dog & Duck they find a business on its knees, threatened with closure by a new, cheaper local venue that’s stolen all their regulars away.

Seeing a mirror image of their own struggle in the dire situation the Dog & Duck’s landlord is facing, Darlington and Waverley vow to use their creative juices to try and help save the pub and wangle a few free drinks...