review=<b>Synopsis</b>

I started writing fiction when I was about 19 years old. This book had to be about my 12th attempt to write a novel and I wish I knew where the idea came from, but it kind of grew over several years. It's a simple conceit, based very loosely on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, (later the movie 'My Fair Lady') but my book tells the tale of two half sisters; posh, English and over privileged, who have a bet about a rather sad looking individual they see on a train station, in fact platform 5 of the title. The slightly more caring sister thinks he could be changed into a creditable human being, a man even her half sister could fancy. The harder nosed sister thinks this is a wishy washy liberal pipe dream, and so caring sister sets out to transform the poor unwitting male. Result, a romp through the British class system with a smattering of sex. Not too much though.

<b>Review of The Man on Platform 5 from the Amazon.com, April 27th 1999</b>

Excellent! I couldn't put the book down!! (5 stars) 

This was one of the funniest books I have read in a long time. The author shows an extrordinary (and quite disturbing!!) knowledge of the workings of a train-spotters mind. Seriously though, Llewellyn shows a remarkable talent for mixing humour with emotions. I would heartily recommend this book to anyone.