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Thu 12 Dec 2009Christmas Story: A Dead Thing
Written especially for 'The Irish Times' by bestselling author of 'The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas', JOHN BOYNE
THE WAITER was not the first person Katherine noticed when she entered the restaurant, but he caught her eye and she found herself unable to look away despite the fact that he was a rather average looking young man with pleasant features and thick dark hair, neatly parted at the side. The seconds passed slowly; she felt confused, disoriented even. Over the speaker system, Bing Crosby was dreaming of a white Christmas in a voice that sounded like mulled wine and falling snow.
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