A Tale of Two Vicarages

by G.J. Philip

The true and compelling story of one of Australia's most infamous murders as told by the perpetrator's younger brother. The appalling Melbourne Railway Station Murder of the late 1980's rocked the state of Victoria and produced lurid headlines for months. At last the background to that terrible crime can be told, through the eyes of the convicted murderer's only brother Graham. Travel back in time to when they were boys in Wellington New Zealand and see what events led to the delusions and tormented mental state that would produce a heinous crime such as occurred that sad night in 1988. Read how one brother became a dangerous convict while the other had his life turned around, to the point where he lives a successful life as a grandparent, loving marriage partner, IT professional and author of inspirational books. Discover in intimate detail how inner healing and a loving community can offer hope to those who are lost on life's tortuous highway, enabling them to get free of inter-generational curses and mental problems. Graham Philip weaves a multi-coloured tapestry in his telling of this hitherto unknown tale, going from the cloistered confines of St Mark's Church in Kennington Oval, London to the dusty roads of Ararat and its maximum security prison, from the freezing playgrounds of 1960's Wellington NZ to the sweltering, muddy slopes of Auckland's Great Barrier Island, in a tour of his own personal story of tragedy, delusion, deliverance, freedom, sanity and finally marriage. This edition does not contain any graphic violence or explicit sexual content.

177 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 24, 2019

Reviews

[dwillsh · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had hoped to hear a bit more about his brother David Phillip. It was rather too florid and religious for my liking, and full of inaccuracies (e.g Roseanne Forensic Psychiatry Service rather than Thomas Embling Hospital, and David's not in prison...).