A is for Angelica

By Iain Broome

Subjects: Neighbors, Man-woman relationships, Literary, Marriage, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Patients, Cerebrovascular disease, FICTION, Fiction, general

Description: My life is different now. I don't go to work. I don't have an office. I stay at home, hide behind curtains and make notes. I wait for something to happen. Gordon Kingdom struggles with the fate of his seriously-ill wife while patiently observing and methodically recording the lives of those around him: his neighbours. And then there's Angelica, the new girl (42) on the street, with her multi-coloured toenails and her filthy temper. It's when she arrives that Gordon's world of half-truths really begins to unravel. Faced with a series of unexpected events and a faltering conscience, he's left with an impossible decision. Because in the banality of everyday life, what would you do if the unthinkable happened?