“Sorry, guv. Gas man.”
He turned. He had not closed the door. The little red-haired man was in the doorway. “I’ve come to read the meter, sir.”
“Yes, go ahead.”
“It’s in the back, here,” the meter man said, moving past him and opening the kitchen door. “Are you Professor Robertson?” he asked, looking at a list he held in his hand.
“No, he’s not here,” Dillon said. “I’m just looking after the place for him.”
“You’re Mr. Dillon?”
“Yes.”
The little meter man whistled, as though calling a dog. “Right, then,” he said.
Two young men came in at the door. They wore jeans, T-shirts, sneakers. They raised their revolvers. They were not wearing masks. This time, there would be no witness.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brian Moore (1921–1999) was born in Ireland and lived most of his adult life in Canada and the United States. He was the author of many novels, including The Colour of Blood, Lies of Silence, and The Doctor’s Wife—all shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize—as well as Catholics, The Statement, I Am Mary Dunne, and The Magician’s Wife. The Luck of Ginger Coffey was awarded Canada’s most prestigious book prize, the Governor General’s Award for Fiction.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 1990 by Brian Moore
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ISBN 978-1-5040-5030-2
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