OK I was right. There were nuances and details I had not properly fleshed out but I was dead on with the general gist. Obviously I can’t say too much here because I don’t want to spoil the mystery for anyone who has not read Little Face. My one disappointment with the book was that it contains one of these scenes: hero/ine is two steps in front of the police and one step behind the murderer and is at that crucial point where they are about to reveal/find the evidence/set a trap when the killer turns round and there is a … Continue reading Sophie Hannah Prediction

I once watched a friend successfully smoke a cigarette whilst taking a shower. It was very impressive and so expertly done I knew this wasn’t his first time. He wasn’t staging a ‘look-at-me’ trick.  He simply had to smoke in the shower owing to time constraints. He was hung-over, just out his bed and we had to get ready to attend a wedding. In a much earlier and similar scene, I once successfully finished the last chapter of a Dean R Koontz book in the shower for the same reason. I had to. I was a little scared of the events … Continue reading Sophie Hannah

Recently discovered Joshua Ferris and here is a short story he wrote for the New Yorker.  I haven’t read it yet but plan to this evening. Also recommended to me, Sophie Hannah and Roberto Bolano I also keep tripping over delirious people still ecstatic from reading Dave Eggers A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Continue reading Reading Radar