Rhinoceros 10As Alan drove through the estate he told himself, with crystal clarity, that he was a rational being, and that his actions were his own. ...
Rhinoceros 9Doreen was ‘coming down with something’ and was therefore unable to make it to the meeting. Ryon had ‘done a runner’ when she had told...
Rhinoceros 8Alan knew the streets well. 1930s housing estate, built for the workers of the foundries at the bottom of the valley. A model township...
Rhinoceros 7One or two of the Greenlands staff, perhaps steeped in the culture of labels, had diagnosed their Head as having borderline autistic...
Rhinoceros 6On the wall of Alan’s form room was stuck an attendance chart for his form. It was out of date, but still offered a ballpark reflection...
Rhinoceros 5The dark clouds beyond the grimy window seemed to have seeped into the flat. Alan Scope was sat where he always sat, facing the doorway...
Rhinoceros 4Cameras, phones, iPods, tablets. All very clever, interchangeable, ubiquitous. Alan didn’t rate most technology – it wasn’t necessarily...
Rhinoceros 3The following day Alan sat in his favourite chair all day. The radio was on in the kitchen, but he didn’t listen to it. The phone rang...
Rhinoceros 2Two police officers were sitting uncomfortably by Alan’s hospital bed. There’s a scenario for Saturday night TV, he thought to himself...
Rhinoceros 1Alan Scope, like nearly everyone else, knew to give Ryon a wide berth, to shrink towards the institutionally bright, smudged paintwork of...
