title: Hackett Street
author: Paul Hastings
description: Paul Hastings earned theatre degrees from the University of Illinois and worked as a set designer, director and occasional actor. Hes written several plays including Goodnight George, Goodnight Gregory, produced by the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois, and Young God, which was awarded a grant by the Delaware State Arts Council. For many years he worked as a corporate facilitator and trainer, which led to writing, producing and directing corporate videos. Both Hackett Street and his first novel, Amanda Ranch: Paradise or Purgatory (Amazon 2015), were adapted from earlier screenplays. Paul lives in Costa Rica with his wife, two dogs, two cats and a horse named Julia. He retired from teaching English in 2013 and is currently working on his third novel, Pollywog, about the lives and losses of members of the fictional commune, The New Apple Love and Peace Project.
zlib_text: Dr. NO IAN FLEMING   I I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR punctually at six o'clock the
  sun set with a last yellow flash behind the Blue Mountains, a wave of violet
  shadow poured down Richmond Road, and the crickets and tree frogs in the fine
  gardens began to zing and tinkle. Apart from the background noise of the
  insects, the wide empty street was quiet. The wealthy owners of the big,
  withdrawn houses-the bank managers, company directors and top civil
  servants-had been home since five o'clock and they would be discussing the day
  with their wives or taking a shower and changing their clothes. In half an
  hour the street would come to life again with the cocktail traffic, but now
  this very superior half mile of 'Rich Road', as it was known to the tradesmen
  of Kingston, held nothing but the suspense of an empty stage and the heavy
  perfume of night-scented jasmine. Richmond Road is the 'best' road in all
  Jamaica. It is Jamaica's Park Avenue, its Kensington Palace Gardens, its
  Avenue D'lena. The 'be