Jack's Genes — Michael Sellers

Jack Bowes' existence had been nigh on perfect; a successful career making pots, a woman he adored and planned to marry and an independent and vigorous outlook on life. Perfect until he was diagnosed with a cancer, an unexpected discovery that was to be followed by even more bizarre discoveries that cast a series of shadows over his wife to be and all his known relations. As the truth painfully unfolded; taboos exposed, incest and rape, the story was scandalised in the press. Such was the public interest a book and a film was commissioned with Jack's story as the main theme. To escape the attention Jack takes a position in Papua New Guinea where he finds an old and trusted friend not to be the man he once knew. With political and sexual coercion rife Jack struggles to balance the demands of the unpredictable and exotic while resisting the personality assassination back home in England.