a very confusing book. several themes were alluded to by the author but never followed up on. For example, there might be one reference at the beginning about Ellie being fat and feeling self-conscious, but throughout the book that theme was nowhere to be seen: suddenly Ellie is a beautiful and s...
He only had a few minutes before Gilbert would come looking for him.He relived the red electricity bill incident. That had been bad, a real cock-up. Not concentrating enough, that was the trouble. All that shouting and prancing about he’d done. He moved around the desk as if the change of positio...
Sod work and all the little thorns scattered on the floor there – whether to tell everyone that Fran was off the team, having to find someone to replace her, Jamie even existing – he was on a trajectory that led only to Fran’s bungalow.His conversation with her the previous evening seemed unreal....
He was coasting on emotions he was creating in the audience, lifted high on the laughter, steadied by the rapt silence. They were out there in the dark, listening to the story being woven for them.Doug had been right; the audience had made the difference. From the moment they’d come into the hall...