New Voices: Scarp

Nick Papadimitriou

‘The old romance of power and victory was forever eviscerated on the day I spent carrying Iraqi POWs. ‘

‘The season of ballroom dancing was upon us and crime was on the increase. I have little interest in ballroom dancing – I don't dance’.

‘We had been driving along the Bay of Wrecks on the eastern coast of Christmas Island for over an hour and a half when we saw the flock of terns.’