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Book review: The Wing Orderly’s Tales

NINETY-NINE per cent of the time in prison consists of waiting around, bored, as Carlo Gebler observes via his narrator, Wing orderly ‘Chalky’ Chalkman, who is in charge of sundry duties — preparing breakfast for warders and making up welcome packages for new inmates at Loanend prison in Northern Ireland.

Sat, 21 May, 2016 - 01:00

Review: Gerry McCarthy

Carlo Gebler

New Island Books, €9.95

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Courts Arts Film & TV Books Place: Loanend prison Place: Northern Ireland Person: Carlo Gebler Person: Chalky Person: Chalkman Person: Gebler Person: Edna O’Brien Person: Ernest Gebler Person: Hayes Person: Johnson Person: Smurf Person: Murphy Person: Genet Person: Dumas Organisation: New Island Books

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