Hickey wanted to make a big splash. That’s what I heard him blathering down the phone to the various parties involved in the launch – the publicists, the estate agents, the interior architects, the landscape technicians, the colour specialists, the fabric engineers, the carpet consultants. There ...
15 How can I protect you from this crazy world? A full forty-eight hours elapsed before the north wind finally dropped. The flag mounted over Front Arch collapsed, flayed and crucified upon its pole. The sun shone fiercely throughout the day. I do not remember it faltering...