this is the voice of re:mote induction.Saturday, September 04, 2004
The children lose interest in smearing the milk jug and the girl sucks at her palm, eyes me appraisingly.
‘Perhaps for a moment.’ I edge past the worst of it. ‘Like pustules, aren’t they?’
Father Straggle swallows less than happily.
‘The jam packets – when you squeeze them out, they’re just like . . . well, they’re a little like . . .’ I give up, sit and sip my apple juice in the silence. Five or six swallows and breakfast will be done. Except I still feel below my volume,somehow, a glass or three owing, nagging me.
‘Whee-HA. Whee-HA.’ Of course he has an abnormal laugh, why would he have a normal one? How often would he get the chance to use it with his life? ‘Pustules.Whee-HA.’
In any case, it’s ugly and should be stopped.
-A.L. Kennedy - Paradise
-an extract from the new novel by A.L. Kennedy, which has just come out in hardback. from memory it looks like it is probably the same extract that was printed in the granta book naming the 10 top young british writers that was published last year. for anyone in the glasgow area, kennedy is making an appearance at waterstones in sauchihall street on the 8th of september, from 6.30pm, free tickets may still be available from the store. also of note, waterstones along with the publisher random house have put together a free book of extracts, which contains a different extract from Paradise.
‘Perhaps for a moment.’ I edge past the worst of it. ‘Like pustules, aren’t they?’
Father Straggle swallows less than happily.
‘The jam packets – when you squeeze them out, they’re just like . . . well, they’re a little like . . .’ I give up, sit and sip my apple juice in the silence. Five or six swallows and breakfast will be done. Except I still feel below my volume,somehow, a glass or three owing, nagging me.
‘Whee-HA. Whee-HA.’ Of course he has an abnormal laugh, why would he have a normal one? How often would he get the chance to use it with his life? ‘Pustules.Whee-HA.’
In any case, it’s ugly and should be stopped.
-A.L. Kennedy - Paradise
-an extract from the new novel by A.L. Kennedy, which has just come out in hardback. from memory it looks like it is probably the same extract that was printed in the granta book naming the 10 top young british writers that was published last year. for anyone in the glasgow area, kennedy is making an appearance at waterstones in sauchihall street on the 8th of september, from 6.30pm, free tickets may still be available from the store. also of note, waterstones along with the publisher random house have put together a free book of extracts, which contains a different extract from Paradise.
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