1 “I’ll get the Chinese mafia to bump them off,” she said, stirring her barley cappuccino with an elegance that was totally at odds with her even thinking about doing... Read More
Wednesday, 15th April 2009 Jews are celebrating the seventh day of Passover and are commemorating the crossing of the Red Sea. For Christians it is the fourth day of Easter... Read More
1 The Sponge “People who live in elephants are never completely innocent.” Mrs Kountché, who is one of Professor Cox’s neighbours, has a heavy Nigerian accent. She is wearing a... Read More
1 It was evening when his torment began. At first he felt strangely alone seated before the dinner that he had just ordered in the bar of the Hôtel d’Angleterre.... Read More
1 Men are born, they live, and they die. Few leave any permanent trace of their sojourn. For most, the only memory remains in the photo album gathering dust in... Read More
1 It all began with an innocent phone call from an old university friend. Sabino Fornelli is a civil lawyer. If one of his clients runs into criminal problems, Sabino... Read More
1 By then it was more than a month since Ernesto had last made love to me. Maybe even two months. I don’t know. It wasn’t as if it mattered... Read More
1 Miranda, get your stuff! Mole is sitting on the cot that won’t be his much longer, waiting to hear those words he’s dreamt about every sin-gle one of the... Read More
1 I keep driving around, but there’s nowhere to park near the shop. This thirty-minute search for a parking space every morning drives me crazy. It’s intolerable. If I threw... Read More
