In the Forest

Authors: Edna O'brien

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“He keeps going over its life, him and it together and the day he bought it from the firearms dealer in Limerick forty odd years ago when he could scarcely afford it. A single shot bolt action to it and the dealer bringing him into the back room where there was a sort of rifle range for beginners to practise. Giving him little tips on how to use it. He memorised the certificate number, in his head, the very same as a prayer, or a recitation, in case it should get lost. And now O’Kane has sped of...f with it in the night. His legs still hurt where O’Kane bound them with twine. He recalls dreaming of being in China or somewhere Far East and having his hands and feet bound by men, pickaninnies with ponytails and he wakened with the pain and found he was in his own room and there was Michen O’Kane, the returned native with a mask over his face, his eyes wild, shouting, ‘Where’s your fucking gun where’s your fucking gun’ and him defying him and telling him what a pup he was to break into a house like that.MoreLess Read More Read Less