Monkfish Moon by Romesh Gunesekera

Author:Romesh Gunesekera [Gunesekera, Romesh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781847084651
Publisher: Granta Publications
Published: 2011-08-31T23:00:00+00:00

I had been staring out at the black water while talking. When I looked back at Ranjit I saw he was about to cry; his face was lopsided, the skin tugged down by his mouth.

But what did my father really want? he asked. What the hell did he think he was doing? … Ranjit’s voice was so harsh.

Surely he understood his father had turned into a drunk, that he had become ill, and that he had deliberately cut himself off? But Ranjit seemed to want me to exonerate him. Us.

In the end I said, Your father knew what he was doing. In his own way he knew. There wasn’t anything more I could say.

I sipped the beer, Ranjit’s English bitter, and waited for my mouth to go numb.

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