On my second Barbara Trapido

Barbara Trapido, Brother of the More Famous Jack - 'What did you do?' she said. I had been deflowered in a hotel room and had taken blackberries from the hand of a beautiful young man who played the violin and routed the Holy Ghost. I had seen a human placenta and a new-born baby. I had learned about crochet hooks and copper clamps in the cervix and egg yolks in the soup. I had found an older woman to emulate and admire in place of my mother. 'I watched Ava Gardner on the telly,' I said. - - I spent...