Des Parunia 
Caught in a Flap! 

ABOUT THIS BOOK

For those of you adult readers who have ever wondered about what it would be like to aspire to become a gynaecologist, well now is your chance to find out!

Desmond Parunia, in writing Caught in a Flap, tells a story seen through the eyes of a young schoolboy, Mikey Jones.

Mikey who emigrated to sunny Rhodesia in the late sixties, becomes fascinated by the mystery of female anatomy after spending most of his free time frolicking in swimming pools surrounded by bikini-clad beauties. Having only two brothers and no sisters only added to the intrigue! Nothing like this ever happened at Epsom Baths!

Desmond takes us through the frustration and excitement of a young man growing up in a world where there appeared to be an endless supply of new experiences. A world where one was about to discover rude films, pop music, stereo Hi Fi, candy-coloured super fast Japanese motorcycles, driving cars, drinking beer and of course..girls! Mikey has a reasonable shot at most of the material things, but the girls remain elusive, particularly from the point of revealing their dark secret! In desperation, Mikey tries to impress them with his ambition to become a gynaecologist. The story then goes on to unravel a disjointed and sometimes hilarious escapade of life sketches capturing mainly the highs but sometimes the lows of what it was really like fulfilling that ambition.

Please note that the author does not recommend you reading this book to your children at bed time!

About the author

Des Parunia is a seasoned clinician who after 25 years of service working in hospital medicine decided to turn his hand from writing scientific papers in Medical journals and write a book about what it used to be like when doing medicine was actually fun. With the demise of the hospital bar, the doctors mess, the friendly nursing home and dramatic loss of status of hospital consultants Des decided to relive the past.
The intention was simply to recall the days when hospital doctors and gynaecologists in particular enjoyed their training at medical school and then went on to become specialists. These times were often punctuated by hilarious experiences and a lively feeling of hospital comradary which is so lacking today.
Des lives in London with his wife who is also a doctor and two young daughters.
As a self confessed ‘petrol head’ Des has accumulated no less than 17 classic motorcycles and cars, as well as a campervan and a boat much to the frustration of his hard suffering wife.