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Dispatches

AN ORGY IN AMSTERDAM

18 Jan 2023

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Hanif Kureishi
Jan 18, 2023
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I was happily watching Better Call Saul when the iPad stopped working. The screen went black and a legend appeared, asking; ‘Are you still there?”. Now, that is an interesting question. 

I attempted to grab a damp straw between my teeth an answer in the affirmative. The straw was no good. I then tried pressing my somewhat bulbous Indian nose against the screen but succeeded in only pushing the iPad further away. 

The legend remained. Was I still there? Was I anywhere?

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