ANYTHING GOES

About the Book

Anything Goes is an unusual and a hilarious collection of short stories by the author Martin Dec Haynes F.R.C.S. who is also a poet, a surgeon, golfer, philatelist and humorist. Because of the author’s vast working experience lots of his stories have a medical theme, but you can rest assured that, coming from Haynes, they are not run-of-the-mill, nay rather they are extremely esoteric and virtually beyond belief. Near the end of the book the writing style takes a detour and a few yarns are narrated as if by idiot types who misspell words, or some of the words are written as they are pronounced, adding greatly to the farcical effect. The last story is about a young man who leaves his wife behind in The Islands, and goes to London to study medicine successfully; then he divorces his island-wife from a distance and takes a spanking new English wife. He is now about to return to his native island but his grandfather is waiting at the airport with a shotgun to blow out his brains. Fortunately, other family members are able to avert the disaster. All in all the collection is a riproaring read.

About the Author

Dr. Martin DeC. Haynes has crafted a very off-beat collection of stories, which covers a broad range of the vagaries of human behaviour, and this makes for a very delightful read. The author’s penchant for word play, for puns and for humour always startles and leaves you yearning for more. Dr. Martin DeC. Haynes was born in Barbados. He attended St. Giles Boys School and then Harrison College. He won a Barbados Scholarship which enabled him to pursue a degree in medicine at Edinburgh University in Scotland. Then he went on to gain his F.R.C.S in surgery. He worked in Trinidad for many years, and now spends most of his time in Barbados.