Wired Mesh

Readings

"He lowered his voice and went on, 'Hey – timing really was important for that. A clear getaway afterwards. I got badly caught in Kilburn once telling a Bulgarian short-story writer, actually he was trying to cadge a lift, anyway telling him to fuck off for two or three minutes while the chap driving the open car I was sitting in turned round in the cul-de-sac I hadn't noticed we were at the end of. Amazing how quickly the bloom fades on fuck off, you know. Say it a couple of times running and you've got out of it nearly all of what you're going to get.'

"'And there's not a lot you can go on to later,' said Charlie.

"'Well exactly.'"

–Kingsley Amis, The Old Devils