MARJ MAYO recommends a lyrical and disturbing account of the tragic suicide in Venice of Pateh Sabally, a refugee from the Gambia
Brotherly Love by Angus Reid
The phrase “cruel to be kind” comes from Hamlet, but Shakespeare’s Prince didn’t go in for kidnap, explosive punches, and cigarette deprivation. Tam is different.
TAM hit his brother so hard in the face that Russell swallowed the cigarette.
Russell was standing at the front door of Terry’s having a breather, a wee cigarette to himself, when Tam exploded out of nowhere and hit him so hard that he swallowed the fucking thing. Tam’s thumbs pressed into Russell’s eye sockets.
“Let’s see your eyes! Lets see your fuckin’ eyes!”
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