Slugger by Martin Holmén

Author:Martin Holmén [Martin Holmen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782274117
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Published: 2018-08-02T16:00:00+00:00

The schnapps stings my blotchy palms, runs reddish along the scars on my knees and itches. A long night of drinking versus the morning after. There is nothing to do about it either, apart from take a break for a few hours to give my body enough of a rest for the schnapps to have a kick again.

Somewhere outside I hear children laughing and small birds singing in the courtyard, as if my problems didn’t matter a damn.

They probably don’t. The generation before me starved, the generation before them had the wars.

‘No cause to complain. Time to work.’

I sit hollow-eyed and miserable at the desk and squint to focus on the columns in my notebook

One new hat - 20 kronor

One wool coat + 20 kronor

One Husqvarna pistol + 40 kronor

One pair of autumn boots + 5 kronor (after a polish)

Pocket watch (Viking) + 10 kronor (poss. 12)

Five suits + 7–15 kronor each

Five shirts + 2.50 kronor each

Three silk ties in various colours + 1 krona each

A pigskin punchbag ?

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