A Ghost in the Machine (2004)
“It would not be kind. He knew there was not a teacher in the school who did not envy him. Or who was not keenly aware that he had not earned his retirement fair and square. Like winning the bloody lottery he had overheard his secretary muttering and, in essence, Mallory had to agree. Except that he had won something far more important than money – he had won his freedom.
He was in his office, stripping the walls of posters, timetables, lists of sports fixtures home and away. Once, dates to reme...mber and now to forget for ever. He picked up his heavy desk diary, sprayed the page edges fiercely against the ball of his thumb and seven months of inscribed misery spun by. Parents’ meetings, staff meetings, union meetings, governors’ meetings; meetings with the police, probation officers, janitors, ground staff, schools inspectors, caterers, admin. Old Uncle Dave Blunkett and all.
About to toss the hated book into the bin Mallory was suddenly seized by a gleeful, childish will to destroy.MoreLess
He was in his office, stripping the walls of posters, timetables, lists of sports fixtures home and away. Once, dates to reme...mber and now to forget for ever. He picked up his heavy desk diary, sprayed the page edges fiercely against the ball of his thumb and seven months of inscribed misery spun by. Parents’ meetings, staff meetings, union meetings, governors’ meetings; meetings with the police, probation officers, janitors, ground staff, schools inspectors, caterers, admin. Old Uncle Dave Blunkett and all.
About to toss the hated book into the bin Mallory was suddenly seized by a gleeful, childish will to destroy.MoreLess
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