Evening Standard - London, June 23rd, 1999
The Observer is running a column called Time to Go, a spoof about a writer intending suicide. It parodies a genuine Observer column written by Ruth Picardie while dying of breast cancer. Her friend INDIA KNIGHT can't see the joke
READERS of The Observer have recently been privy to a column called Time to Go, written, apparently deliberately badly, by one Richard Geefe.
The column charts the aftermath of the writer's failed suicide attempt. Geefe is planning to kill himself in November, which leaves enough time for him to say goodbye to loved ones, family and Observer readers. Richard Geefe d...
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