“We Are Animals” by Tim Ewins (2021)

“The man looked to his right.”

The last two years has really limited how far we can travel in real life. So let’s bounce around the world via literature once more.

Jan sits on a beach in Goa, looking out to sea and thinking of the girl who stole his heart – and passport – forty-six years ago. Once upon a time, fate kept making sure they met, but it seems to have given up lately. Jan, therefore, has decided to stay on this Goan beach and wait for her to arrive.

While he waits, he is joined by an ...