The symptoms hit him suddenly, like a voracious wave sweeping a child off a quiet shore and dragging him into the depths of the sea: a lethal double blow to... Read More
1Blum looked at his watch. High time to make a move.He drained his coffee cup, took a toothpick out of itsplastic container and signalled to the waiter. The billwasn’t enormous... Read More
San FranciscoAt fifty the good Buddhist takes to the road, leaving allhis belongings behind. His sole possession is a beggingbowl. That’s fine. That’s how it should be, and that’sprobably how... Read More
IThe country lane he knew so well, that he had walkedalong with his load of traps every Sunday for years, wasslippery. The frosty morning air had seeped into thestraggly line... Read More
Rude awakeningIt’s five o’clock in the morning, a time when respectablepeople are still fast asleep in their beds, and thetelephone rings. Wakes you up. It’s the chief of policeon the... Read More
He poured himself another glass of red wine, spilling some,swore and wiped the wine off with the sleeve of his jacket, whichwasn’t like him at all. He was usually very... Read More
A dead man on a grave and twomen arguingStuder switched off the engine, dismounted from hismotorbike and marvelled at the sudden silence allaround. In the fog, yellow, greasy and matted... Read More
Prologue After continuing for a month, Operation Jaffa joined that echelon of rare Security Police operations about which exaggerated tales would have been told to grandchildren, had it only been... Read More
