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World Book Club

CHAPTER

Is It Time We Met Albie?

Douglas Nichols' son Albie has taken his father's skinny height and smoking. He also suffers from emphysema, heart disease and a malaise that requires at least 12 hours of sleep - yet is singularly incapable of commencing those 12 hours before 2 a.m. His bedroom is 'an immense petri dish of furry toast crusts and lagertins', writes Douglas.

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