Title: All My Colours
Author: David Quantick
Series or standalone: standalone
Publication year: 2019
Genres: fiction, horror, mystery, thriller, contemporary, fantasy
Blurb: It is March of 1979 in DeKalb, Illinois. Todd Milstead is a wannabe writer, a serial adulterer, and a jerk, only tolerated by his friends because he throws the best parties with the best booze. During one particular party, Todd is showing off his perfect recall, quoting poetry and literature word for word plucked from his eidetic memory. When he begins quoting from a book no one else seems to know - a novel called All My Colours - Todd is incredulous; he can quote it from cover to cover, and yet it doesn’t seem to exist. With a looming divorce and mounting financial worries, Todd finally tries to write a novel with the vague idea of making money from his talent. The only problem is, he can’t write. But All My Colours is there in his head. Todd makes a decision: he will “write” this book that nobody but him can remember...after all, if nobody’s heard of it, how can he get into trouble? As the dire consequences of his actions come home to both Todd and his long-suffering friends, it becomes clear that there is a high and painful price to pay for his crime.
