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.

Book review: The Wing Orderly’s Tales
Sat, 21 May, 2016 - 01:00
Review: Gerry McCarthy

Carlo Gebler

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