North Facing by Tony Peake

Author:Tony Peake [Tony Peake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780995590038
Publisher: Myriad Editions
Published: 2017-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

That night, after lights-out, Paul stared and stared at his usual oblong of sky. Sometimes, while doing this, the stars would grant him a sort of release, their very distance and obvious indifference allowing him to put his own concerns into perspective. Tonight, however, the world felt not only unheeding, but ultimately unknowable. As much of a mystery as the doings of a du Toit. Quite beyond the comprehension of a mere Harvey.

He turned on to his side and began concentrating instead on another formula for making himself feel better when he couldn’t sleep, which was to covertly rule for a while over the kingdom he imagined for himself on his bed: the counterpane hills and valleys of a miniature world, peopled by ant-like beings over whom, as their sole monarch, wearing an imaginary robe of rich velvet and carrying an imaginary sceptre shaped much like a cricket box, he had complete control.

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