The "Disappearance" of Tom Friedlander an old Jewish American Friend....
The "disappearnce" of someone is usually associated with a dystopian type state rather than a country like the UK. But that is what happened in my case; My old friend of many years Tom Freidlander "vanished". I rang up the hospital but no one was willing to tell me anything about him at all. It was a case of passing the buck in which a whole series of NHS employees refused over the phone to say anything about him. But to be fair someone in the end claimed at least that he was "alright". Yet, he did not say whether he was at the hospital or not!! Admitedly, I am not a relative of his. I was just a concerned friend. Anyhow, I next decided to see his landlord a certain wealthy Muslim whom I will refer to simply as Z. Apparently, the latter claimed that the Slough Borough Councill was still paying Tom's rent. This suggested that he was still alive. However, they would not say whether he was in hospital or in a