On Cringila Hill (2013)
“Jimmy looks through the clear glass walls of the office in which he’s been interviewed. Bored-looking people in uniform or civilian dress move slowly between desks, show written material to each other, peer into the illuminated screens of computers. Jimmy looks at his mother. She is seated next to him. Her face is set in a look of deep displeasure.
Jimmy hears Gordon Winter say, ‘So, that’s pretty much it? You’re happy to sign this?’ ‘Sure.’ The sheets are placed on a desktop, spun across i...n front of the boy. Jimmy takes the proffered plastic pen, painstakingly writes his name across the bottom of a page above a dotted line. He looks up to see that he still has Gordon Winter’s close attention.
‘So, Jimmy, that’s that. We may need to come to you from time to time to check some details in your statement. I think it very unlikely that you’ll ever need to appear in court. Now, earlier, at school, you told me of another matter.’ ‘Yeah.MoreLess
Jimmy hears Gordon Winter say, ‘So, that’s pretty much it? You’re happy to sign this?’ ‘Sure.’ The sheets are placed on a desktop, spun across i...n front of the boy. Jimmy takes the proffered plastic pen, painstakingly writes his name across the bottom of a page above a dotted line. He looks up to see that he still has Gordon Winter’s close attention.
‘So, Jimmy, that’s that. We may need to come to you from time to time to check some details in your statement. I think it very unlikely that you’ll ever need to appear in court. Now, earlier, at school, you told me of another matter.’ ‘Yeah.MoreLess
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