Once Upon A Time In The West . . . Country (2015) - Plot & Excerpts
It was the kind of heat you expect when you alight from a plane in a far-off, exotic location; the kind of heat that hits you, as you walk onto the aircraft steps and cannot help but exclaim, ‘Wow!’ – such is the contrast to the dreary, cloudy mediocrity that you’d just left behind. Now we had it all on our doorstep. No need to fly anywhere. Devon was a holiday paradise with few shortcomings. Everything seemed right with the world. OK, snippets of the global news accidentally reached my ears via the odd radio dotted around the place, so I knew that all was not well everywhere. However, Devon remained blissfully devoid of drones, landmines, terrorists, freedom fighters, corrupt dictators, human rights abusers, food shortages, contaminated water, power shortages, and disease. ‘I am,’ I said to myself, ‘a lucky, lucky bastard.’ Fran was not so lucky this morning, though, complaining of feeling unwell. We had recently registered with the doctor in the neighbouring village, so I called up and made an almost instantaneous appointment – something that in London might have taken a few days to achieve, following a conversation not unlike this: ‘I’d like to make an appointment with the doctor, as I’m not feeling very well.’ ‘The first appointment I have is in a week’s time, at four p.m.
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