The Carrier
“‘From your point of view.’ ‘I wouldn’t presume to speak from yours.’ Breary smiled. He and Simon were in the room at HMP Combingham known unofficially as ‘the parlour’. It was spacious, newly decorated, comfortably furnished, and only ever used by top-ranking prison staff for important meetings – apart from now. Simon had asked for it for this interview, and been surprised to get it. He was hoping that a change from the usual grey dingy backdrop to his stand-offs with Tim Breary would make all ...the difference.
Breary seemed not to have noticed the new setting. ‘I’m not bored or lonely in here, and I won’t be, however long I stay,’ he said. ‘I’ve made a couple of friends and I’m reading a lot, even for me. Dan and Kerry have very kindly donated more books to the library than the poor orderly in charge knows what to do with.’ If Breary was trying for a neutral expression, he was failing. He looked pleased with himself. ‘A handful of recidivist offenders have been introduced to the early works of Glyn Maxwell that otherwise might not have been,’ he said.MoreLess
Breary seemed not to have noticed the new setting. ‘I’m not bored or lonely in here, and I won’t be, however long I stay,’ he said. ‘I’ve made a couple of friends and I’m reading a lot, even for me. Dan and Kerry have very kindly donated more books to the library than the poor orderly in charge knows what to do with.’ If Breary was trying for a neutral expression, he was failing. He looked pleased with himself. ‘A handful of recidivist offenders have been introduced to the early works of Glyn Maxwell that otherwise might not have been,’ he said.MoreLess
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