The Big Read: We need to talk about Tommy

29 July 2016 - 02:39
By Darrel Bristow-Bovey

There's a kid in my neighbourhood I've been worrying about for a while. I moved here four years ago and he was about 13 then, a skinny kid living in a small flat above the mattress shop. The entrance to his flat is on a small side road around the corner from my house and when I walked down to Main Road I'd often see him there, sitting on the stairs after school or kicking a tennis ball.

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