Despite the awfulness of what was happening, the backdrop w… - Steve Turner

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Despite the awfulness of what was happening, the backdrop was a scene of beauty: a clear sky, a bright moon, clearly visible stars, flat undisturbed water, and an immense liner blazing with pinholes of light.

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Steve Turner is a music journalist, biographer and poet, who grew up in Northamptonshire, England.

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