Banishing Verona (2012)
“Save for these periodic eruptions, she sat remarkably still. Perhaps, he thought, she was meditating. Meanwhile, he noticed with surprise that his dread of flying had lessened. Once they were airborne and he had examined each of his fears—being sucked out of the window, landing in water, a turbine bursting into flames, a wing falling off, the pilot having a seizure or deciding, for his own obscure reasons, to head for the Sahara—he was able to settle down to anticipating the nicely partitioned ...meals and choosing a film. First, though, he got out of his seat and went to the back of the plane to see if he could find the triangular rip in the upholstery he had noticed four days earlier above the toilet door. But the light was poor, and before he could complete his search a flight attendant pointed out that the toilet was free and he felt obliged to go inside.
Apart from the black miasma filling every corner of his skull, leaving America had turned out to be much easier than entering. No plump ventriloquist had questioned him as to why he wanted to go to London, no dog drooled over his suitcase, no man wearing obscene rubber gloves fumbled through his possessions.MoreLess
Apart from the black miasma filling every corner of his skull, leaving America had turned out to be much easier than entering. No plump ventriloquist had questioned him as to why he wanted to go to London, no dog drooled over his suitcase, no man wearing obscene rubber gloves fumbled through his possessions.MoreLess
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