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Extracts From The Journal Of Flying Officer J
William Boyd
‘The squadron left today for the city. The mess cold and sad, Verschoyle, with uncharacteristic generosity, said I could keep the monoplane.’
Lucky Pierre and the Coldwater Flat
Robert Coover
‘Projections run riot, mirrors tip and weave, there’s a blur of images like film jumping out of its sprockets.’
On Monday Last Week
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
‘Kamara had always resented the glamour of half-castes.’
The Love Machine
Julia Elliott
‘Beatrice was my first love. The dark contours of her delicate skeleton, the glowing flesh made translucent by my X-ray gaze, drove me crazy.’
The Gentlest Village
Jesse Ball
‘You are learning – learning a great deal. It is too much for you, so your body bows out. Then you wake up and you can continue.’
Money
Martin Amis
‘How did I get like this? It can’t just be the booze and all the junk food I put away. I must have been booked in for this a long time ago.’
