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The Kabul Markhor

‘He felt very lonely after spending the winter holed up in his cabin eating Doritos.’

‘Speedy wanted to swallow the world.’

‘His life was one of calculation and endeavour, of learning and watching, remembering and trying.’

‘She was Some Pig. Her eggs easily incorporated the human genetic code. All her piglets were star patents.’

An excerpt from Matt Young's memoir Eat The Apple, which explores his three deployments to Iraq as a member of the US Marine Corps.