I ach night after that his mind would re play the vision of his slow ga/c and it took an agonising eternity for the slow motion film clip to travel down the length of the barrel to the other hand locked in a claw on the trigger and then he would be flung sweating into consciousness by a single blast. Boyhood was invaded by the troubles which cause all the bland and freckled foreheads to corrugate and the corners of vacant eyes to develop a permanent squint of suspicion as boys turn to men and re­gard the sun with wonder, awe and a dark riding hint of dread.