David Zachary Smith

Basking on Insanity Beach David Zachary Smith

BASKING ON INSANITY BEACHJock is in control, master of all he surveys. All his life he has tormented people, casting their damaged souls adrift in his wake. Now retired he has a new focus on life, as a self righteous Chairman of a Body Corporation that runs 36 Units in a little suburb call Beachview. With years of practised domestic espionage behind him he sets out to maliciously sabotage every tenant he dislikes. When will the forces of Karma finally accumulate enough to teach him his lesson? Has he trodden on enough toes to receive the retaliation he so richly deserves? Is mere vengeance enough, or is he staring in the face of annihilation?Basking on Insanity Beach is based on a true story David Zachary Smith was personally involved in. To protect the anonymity of the people involved their names and places of residence are fictitious. Australia 1986/87: Ian decides he's going to buy an investment property in a little suburb called Beachview. A home loan at 13.5% secures the deal. So $65,500 later Ian owns his unit and the bonus is there's tenants already in place and enthusiastic to stay. Sounds simple? Get the tenants to pay off the loan and real estate should double in price every 10 years. But there's always a catch!Basking on Insanity Beach is laid out to a beach theme. The Beach being the group of Units and every chapter is related to each character and situation. Based around interesting times in Australia's history, Bob Hawke the most popular labor party prime minister of all time had the Treasurer Paul Keating eyeing his job. Then came the stock market crash. Paul Keating announced the recession we had to have. So financially most people started going downhill...fast!Basking on Insanity Beach probes domestic crime, family violence and control and shows what depths we all go to in retaliation. But how far do you go? Is there a limit whereby you become worse than the perpetrator? This book exposes an even greater underlying problem. It's one we still have. David Zachary Smith had related this story to many people over the years. Most people were fascinated with his account of his run in with a seemingly harmless little old disabled man. So almost 25 years later he decided to write this book and its still his most popular publication to date. You'll find this book an Easy Read only problem is once you start you won't be able to put it down! (c) David Zachary Smith 2013
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