James Wolff

James Wolff’s third novel, The Man in the Corduroy Suit, was published in May.

From The Blog
18 July 2023

The guard left me in a cell that measured five metres by three. It was empty but clearly inhabited. There were three bunk beds, the tops cluttered with personal possessions: clothes, toiletries, boxes of tea, copies of the Quran, the collected hadith of al-Bukhari, washing powder. Bedsheets had been hung to shield the bottom bunks from view. A barred window looked out over dry hills towards the sea. In the small bathroom, a metal grille just above head height prevented access to the electric cables or water pipes.

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