Sunny Garden

   

It's probably better if you don't talk to him beforehand, I warn Ash, as we go into the West End bookstore for Oscar's performance. He can get a bit short with us before he goes on. We've learned that.
    The bookstore is long and narrow, and it's hot and humid in there with a few dozen people fitted in, lounging against shelves, waiting. (p. 271)

   

A week or so after she died I was in a pretty bizarre state. She was gone, the Bean was home. I was totally sleep-deprived. I dropped in to work - I don't know why - and I was walking around Toowong Village and I found myself in the bookshop, standing there with the biggest dictionary they had, looking up 'lardoon'. Which is the fatty cut of bacon used to lard other meats. So I was entirely justified in not ordering it. (p. 298)

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