STRETCH, 29
Damian Lanigan
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CONTENTS
Forty-eight pounds sterling and nought new pence
Forty-four pounds eighteen pence
I was walking towards Knightsbridge with two grand in my pocket, wondering how far it would get me.
Scenario 1: I get the tube to Heathrow, buy myself a one-way ticket to LAX, hole up in a motel on Sunset, spend three sleepless days and nights hunched over the complimentary stationery, chewing down triple espressos. I emerge blinking and amazed with a movie idea so high concept that Fox kidnap me, stick me in a suite at the Beverly and forbid me to speak to anyone while