Drybread: a Novel
“He and Theo were standing in the night on the stark, concrete top of the building in which they worked. There was a small fortress in the centre that housed the narrow stairwell and the vitals of the central heating and air conditioning, a broad strip on all sides and then a concrete wall to waist height.
There were grilles in the flat concrete to take rain, and a few straggling pipes and antennae reaching up like the enfeebled shoots on a vast stump.
It was an unauthorised place, but people ca...me up anyway seeking some respite from the offices and machine rooms below. There were cigarette butts and small, flattened juice packets on the north side, which gave a view towards the river, the old law courts and grassed spaces. Even though it was night, much of that was still visible because of the city lights.
'Completely mad, I'd say,' said Nicholas.
'How's that?' 'He has these discussions with his dog, a runt of a fox terrier so highly strung that it's in a constant state of quivering agitation.MoreLess
There were grilles in the flat concrete to take rain, and a few straggling pipes and antennae reaching up like the enfeebled shoots on a vast stump.
It was an unauthorised place, but people ca...me up anyway seeking some respite from the offices and machine rooms below. There were cigarette butts and small, flattened juice packets on the north side, which gave a view towards the river, the old law courts and grassed spaces. Even though it was night, much of that was still visible because of the city lights.
'Completely mad, I'd say,' said Nicholas.
'How's that?' 'He has these discussions with his dog, a runt of a fox terrier so highly strung that it's in a constant state of quivering agitation.MoreLess
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