John Harding

ONETHE DAY THE PLANE BROUGHT THE WHITE MAN WAS AN IMPORTANT one for Managua. He was, as usual, occupied by his translation of Hamlet into language the rest of the tribe would understand, and he could have done without the interruption because this was the day he had set aside to work on the famous...

One Friday'Toilet'I pretend not to hear. Or if I have heard, not to understand. Either is possible. When Dad's voice manages to rise above a whisper, w^hich is rare, it is slurred, as though thick v^ith alcohol, the words staggering out of his mouth and falling over one another, delirious and...

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