Nick's Blues by John Harvey

Author:John Harvey
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781907869433
Publisher: Five Leaves
Published: 2008-05-27T03:00:00+00:00

“About this woman, used to sing with your old man.”

“Yeah.”

Christopher finished making a sandwich with ham and cheese, cut it across and offered half to Nick, who shook his head.

“Come on,” Christopher said, “if we’re going, let’s go. I can eat this on the way.”

***

The interior of the pub was a broad L-shape, with two pool tables at the far end. A few heads turned towards Nick and Christopher as they entered, but mostly they were paid scant attention. The woman behind the bar, middle-aged, served them two bottles of Carlsberg without question. There was a television fixed by an angle bracket to the wall, the sound turned low, and through speakers high on the far side of the room, just audible, slow deep soul.

“James Carr,” said Christopher, who liked to know such things. “‘Dark End of the Street’. My old man’s got the album.”

Nick nodded and took a swig at his beer. Christopher’s dad had enough old vinyl to start a retro store.

“Excuse me,” he said to the woman behind the bar, “but can you tell us if Dave Brunner’s here?”

“Dave? Yes, see that bloke over there, bald, glasses. That’s Dave.”

Nick thanked her and nudged Christopher’s arm. Together they walked over to where Brunner was talking to a couple who might have been father and son, the conversation, what they picked up, about how Spurs had thrown it away again in the last ten minutes. Nick was surprised they’d held out that long. A quick image of Ellen slipped into his mind and was as quickly gone.

“Mr Brunner,” he said. “Sorry to interrupt you…”

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