The Conversation — John E. Gardner

Two arthritic, old spooks coincidentally meet up in a small Spanish town and their conversation brings back memories they would prefer to forget. Sunday lunch with an active Bulgarian spy takes Neil back to his past but he struggles with the history of his life. Does our past catch up with us? Can we always tell reality from dreaming? So much smoke and mirrors that neither knows which side of the mirror they are now on. Does the anxiety and fear ever go? And rule number one, trust no one. Nothing is as it seems. Except the loneliness.Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch! Lewis Carroll