The Sussex Variations

Dooney’s is serializing, on a weekly basis, Brian Fawcett’s manuscript The Sussex Variations. Edited by Karl Siegler, this is one of the last books Fawcett completed before his death, from pulmonary fibrosis, on February 27, 2022. Fawcett is a founding co-editor of dooneyscafe.com since its inception in 2001.

This page functions as a table of contents for the serial, and will be updated as new chapters are published. 

The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars (Ch. 1): Luck, Generosity and the Rules

Feb 27, 2023

Brian Fawcett, age 18, from northern British Columbia, arrives at his uncle’s and aunt’s pig farm in Sussex, England, and comes-of-age as two 400-pound boars charge into battle.

The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars (Ch. 2): Stress, Distress, and the Sussex Downs

Mar 5, 2023

Brian Fawcett’s “Sussex Variations, or Two Boars,” Ch. 2. People feel distress. So do pigs. Living and learning on an English farm.

The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars (Ch. 3): Females and Males

Mar 13, 2023

Brian Fawcett learns about males and females, both human and porcine, on a pig farm in Sussex, England in the early 1960s.

The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars (Ch. 4): Concentration, and Testicles

Mar 19, 2023

Brian Fawcett learns about the gory details of life on the farm. Ch. 4 of “The Sussex Variations.”