The Other Side of Sorrow (2014)
“I spoke on the phone to a NIDA lecturer who remembered Talbot.
‘He thought of himself as a method actor,’ he said. ‘And he thought that just meant being his normal, charming, conceited self. He was wrong and he didn’t like it when he found out.’ Through a contact in the Corrective Services Department I tried to get information on Talbot’s prison record and failed. I went to the TAFE college in North Sydney where both Talbot and Megan had studied and drew a blank with Talbot. No one remember...ed him. But Dr Sylvia Davis, who taught something called environmental philosophy, remembered Megan.
‘Very bright,’ she said. ‘Her first semester results were HD.’ ‘Sorry, that means?’ ‘High Distinction. First class honours in the old style.’ The college, with its multiple acronyms, codes and facilities like condom-vending machines in the toilets, had made me feel very old style. I asked what had happened to Megan subsequently.MoreLess
‘He thought of himself as a method actor,’ he said. ‘And he thought that just meant being his normal, charming, conceited self. He was wrong and he didn’t like it when he found out.’ Through a contact in the Corrective Services Department I tried to get information on Talbot’s prison record and failed. I went to the TAFE college in North Sydney where both Talbot and Megan had studied and drew a blank with Talbot. No one remember...ed him. But Dr Sylvia Davis, who taught something called environmental philosophy, remembered Megan.
‘Very bright,’ she said. ‘Her first semester results were HD.’ ‘Sorry, that means?’ ‘High Distinction. First class honours in the old style.’ The college, with its multiple acronyms, codes and facilities like condom-vending machines in the toilets, had made me feel very old style. I asked what had happened to Megan subsequently.MoreLess
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