An Attractive Man Monday: Dan Kelly in Barracuda

Monday 1 December 2014

Dan Kelly in Barracuda page 174

‘There’s no sun here.’

Of course Luke is startled, he doesn’t understand.

I try to explain. ‘Even in the yard, when it’s day, when the sun is shining and the sky’s blue, I don’t believe it is the real sun. It’s another sun altogether.’

These words only make Luke sadder but I am glad that I have worked them through, that I have revealed the truth to myself. I am in another solar system, another galaxy. That’s where I am.

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