Takeaway, Tommy Hazard, book review: funny and disturbing semi-fiction from Hackney’s NHS frontline
This hard-hitting yet pocket-sized volume, set all around Hackney, finds humour and brutality in the work of a relatably flawed ambulance driver
Fiction
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