Prohibited Zone (2011)
“Shovel was sitting at a small table in the beer garden; he was halfway through a beer and watching the pub crowd with interest. He had earnt his nickname from the quantity of bullshit he peddled and had often entertained his teenaged footy colleagues with tales of his exploits. Once he had backed his car up to a loading bay at the back of a bottle shop to pick up a keg of beer for a footy function. With the keg loaded the manager had been called away, and Shovel had helped himself to a few free... cases of rum. With typical generosity he had shared them with the footy club and the entire team had been pissed for three days. But while most of his teammates had eventually sobered up, grown up and found lawful employment, Shovel had not, and the cases of rum had just been the beginning of a career in crime. These days he specialised in breaking and entering but also did a profitable line in pickpocketing.
I sat down and passed him one of the two schooners of beer I had been carrying.
‘Shit, there’s easy money to be had here, mate,’ he said.MoreLess
I sat down and passed him one of the two schooners of beer I had been carrying.
‘Shit, there’s easy money to be had here, mate,’ he said.MoreLess
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