Mike Kinton

Where Nobody Looks

Vincent’s world

Fists break bones. Attention breaks liars.

Meet Vincent Carrigan. He carries olives in a bag. He feeds stray cats. He never fires a gun. He wins by looking.

His father was a man of sayings. Vincent still hears them.

  • “There are two kinds of men.”
  • “If it ain’t right, do it at night.”
  • “No good deed goes unpunished.”

Vincent’s olives

Green olives, cracked, in brine, with lemon and a sprig of dry thyme. He carries them in a small bag with a zip, and he never wastes one.

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Vincent’s motorhome: a white coachbuilt on a silver Peugeot cab
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The van

Seven metres of white coachbuilt on a Peugeot cab. Six years old when the story starts. It has been through snow in the Pyrenees, a flood outside Valencia, and a night in Bavaria so cold the pipes froze. It has never let him down.

A kettle that is always on. A radio on a shelf. An awning that he never puts out. It is the only home he has.

[The real van is my own. Add a few lines here after 26 December: what it is, where it has been, and which scenes happened where.]

Handy things in Vincent’s van

Vincent owns very little. What he owns, he uses. These are the things he would not leave the headland without.

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Vincent’s radio

Vincent leaves the radio on, low, behind a drawn blind. These are the songs I think it played.

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  1. [Song] by [artist][One line: the scene or the mood]
  2. [Song] by [artist][One line: the scene or the mood]
  3. [Song] by [artist][One line: the scene or the mood]
  4. [Song] by [artist][One line: the scene or the mood]
  5. [Song] by [artist][One line: the scene or the mood]

What Vincent sees

Vincent does not watch much. When he does, it is people who notice things, places that move slowly, and cats.

These are the videos he thinks you will like.

  • [Video title] [Channel name] on YouTube [One line: why Vincent thinks you will like it]
  • [Video title] [Channel name] on YouTube [One line: why Vincent thinks you will like it]
  • [Video title] [Channel name] on YouTube [One line: why Vincent thinks you will like it]
  • [Video title] [Channel name] on YouTube [One line: why Vincent thinks you will like it]

Travelling copies

Some paperbacks are on the road. I leave them on campsite book-swap shelves. Each one has a note inside: read it, leave it at your next stop, and tell me where it is.

Found one? Send me a message with the copy number and where you left it.

  • Copy 1[Campsite or aire, town, country], [month]
  • Copy 2[Campsite or aire, town, country], [month]
  • Copy 3[Campsite or aire, town, country], [month]