-We make lazy assumptions about the centre of things and its location. Who-s to say that the centre of things isn-t in a corner, way over there?-
-People in authority are always saying you should know your rights, though I-ve noticed they don-t much enjoy it when you do.-
-Nobody can be a person twenty-fours hours a day - it just can-t be done. At night the sets dissolve and the performance falls away- We-re off the books.-
That-s John Cromer talking, in this fresh instalment of his lifelong saga. For John, embarking on a new stage of life in 1970s Cambridge, charm and wit aren''t just assets, they are survival skills. It may be a case of John against the world. If so, don-t be in too much of a hurry to bet on the world.
Conjuring a remarkable voice and mind, Caret is a feast of a novel, served on a succession of small plates, each portion providing an adult-s daily intake of literary nourishment. Reading it - like any encounter with John
