The Mark and the Void

But the father’s ambitious for the boy; the father’s determined that he’ll have a better life. The family doesn’t have much: the father’s job is precarious, they’re constantly resorting to moneylenders, bailiffs come to take the car away, all that. Two people from different walks of life, who realize they each hold the key to the other’s dream. Finally he becomes aware of the many eyes staring at him. ‘So Barclays have passed,’ he says.