‘I think if I’d really been at rock bottom, I’d probably just have become a straightforward recluse,’ he said. ‘It wasn’t that simple, though. My job was really tough, but I’d always manage to get through the challenges it posed. And yet, I had the sense that another thing would always be following close on its heels. As soon as I’d crossed one mountain, another would appear, even higher than the first. I think to a certain extent, I’d accepted that was just the way it was, and I was banking on the fact that Cangrejo would be promoted again to see me through – but then suddenly it looked like
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