His, a similar load. (August Sander)
A new novel from Niven Govinden (Friday Project, UK / Fourth Estate, India). Longlisted for the 2013 DSC Prize.
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There were ways for the two fathers-in-law to bond.
“Lying apart now, each in a separate bed, / He with a book, keeping the light on late, / She like a girl dreaming of childhood, / All men elsewhere - it is as if they wait / Some new event: the book he holds unread, / Her eyes fixed on the shadows overhead.”
— Elizabeth Jennings
A night spent here. They heated mac and cheese from a tin and ate sitting on the steps of their trailer. They were happy. (Robert Adams)
When they tried to be good neighbours. Their efforts were not acknowledged months later, during a boundary dispute.
