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An Occupation
Adam Stumacher
‘All those years of manipulating the tuning crank have given him the patience to settle in for these more involved jobs, and patience is perhaps the most important quality in a human shield.’
The Trouble with the Horses
Patrick deWitt
‘We did not believe in naming horses but they were given to us as partial payment for the last job with the names intact, so that was that.’
Crossbones
Nuruddin Farah
‘In a world in which coercion is the norm, a human trafficker must have underlings as well.’
Laikas I
Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer
‘Hilary hadn’t wanted to acknowledge A: herself as dog-lady; B: any problems re wolves or whatever.’
The Death of His Excellency, The Ex-Minister
Nawal El Saadawi
‘A minister like myself had to be vigilant, both in body and mind, in order to retrieve correct facts from incorrect information.’
OIF
Phil Klay
‘A few months later I was strapped up, M4 in condition 1, surrounded by 03s, backpack full of cash, twitchiest guy in Iraq.’
The Burden of Light
Jessica Thummel
‘Jelly sits on the toilet, folded over, staring at his feet still inches from the floor.’
