Midfield Dynamo by Adrian Duncan

Author:Adrian Duncan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Lilliput Press
Published: 2021-02-28T19:59:29+00:00

10.

My father’s father opened a bookie’s in a long-disused butcher shop in the middle of town, the weekend before an FA Cup Final. Going against his son’s calculations, my grandfather misjudged the odds on the races in Leopardstown that Sunday too, and by the following Wednesday he had to close down because he was unable to pay the next week’s rent.

My father refused to help him take down the signage or empty the ashtrays that were overflowing and spilling from the counters onto the many crumpled chits and betting slips on the floor. So my grandfather swept the entire property down himself, cleaned the windows, pulled the blinds and left through the front door, where he stood for a moment and looked up and down the broad main street of the town to see that it was empty of people and completely still.

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