The Long Close Call Hanif Kureishi as long as he can

as long as he can keep half

Richard wants to make things better somehow

it shows us an East End woman trying every way she can to climb out of despair

says Michael Frayn

but he has the potential to change the boys' lives for ever

The Long Close Call Hanif Kureishi as long as he canWhen Robbie McLaughlan, a Flying Squad officer with London's Metropolitan Police, shoots and kills a robber during a bank raid, his private and professional life begin to fall apart. The family of the dead man discovers McLaughlan's identity, and abducts his young son with the intention of luring McLaughlan to his death. But McLaughlan is a man with a secret and, long estranged from his own father, he ultimately has no option but to turn to the man he