ABSTRACT
Usually the last customers of the night were local ‘brasses’ or prostitutes. The taxi drivers knew them well, often driving them to liaisons. At the end of the girls’ shifts, the men would ferry them home, though sometimes the women would join them for a drinking session at the office. Occasionally the drivers would go with the girls. ‘A ride in exchange for a ride,’ it was called … Bettina had known Parvez for three years … Once he had rescued her from a violent client … (Kureshi 1997: 120)
