Literature

Short Takes IV

19/7/76 OF CARS AND KEGS AND DOUBTFUL LEGS RECOUNTED IN HIS civilised and cheerful growl, this evening Alec Hope described for me a dream he had involving myself, Kevin Hart and David Campbell. Together we drove along a country road in ADH’s white station wagon, the back filled with kegs of beer and other provisions. Our destination was in general terms “the country”, which may have meant DC’s property, and this was where we intended to picnic on our supplies. Alec was at the wheel. We became lost. Not long after discovering this, we found the car was ascending a…

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