Exposure (2016)
“He knows that he has the right to refuse any visitor. As a remand prisoner, he also has the right to wear his own clothes, receive more visits than convicted prisoners, write letters … Quite soon he understands that for many of the others on remand, prison is like a station on the very end of a Tube line. Epping or Cockfosters, say. You always know that these are real places, even if you never travel that far. For these men, it’s the same with the Scrubs, or Wandsworth, or Pentonville. They may... not have been to that end of the line, but they know someone who has. There’s a boy in here for the first time, that the other men call Gobbo. He looks like a boy of fifteen although he is four years older. He has a sharp, pretty face, which might get him into trouble but won’t, because anyone that went near him, Gobbo’s dad would get him. He’d be shivved in his peter.
Simon listens. Gobbo looks like a confirmation candidate. He’s always talking about his brother or his cousin or his dad’s mate, all of whom are or have been in prison.MoreLess
Simon listens. Gobbo looks like a confirmation candidate. He’s always talking about his brother or his cousin or his dad’s mate, all of whom are or have been in prison.MoreLess
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