Deception.This boy swaps his grey two-piece for a boiler suit and his finger messages ‘arrived! ‘Back in Manchester, his parents imagine him as another boy, smashing an interview about inflation and the welfare state.But in Oxford, the deceiving finger is already stained purple as he has Four hours to craft a personal response to lockdown.A lecturer notices the doll’s house is lopsided – foundations shaky.A headless figure in the attic paints clocks with melted faces.In Manchester, a proud father calculates his son’s future earnings. Life is good.At Ruskin College, the boy is finally home.
