The South Koreans are better educated than the English. The Swedish are happier. The Germans are more compassionate. The Azerbaijanis are more literate. Brunei has cleaner air. Latvia has faster broad...
Skinner’s suits were a constant source of fascination to Robert. They seemed to be made from an alien synthetic fibre that never creased or got dirty. Indeed, it seemed possible that Skinner himself w...
Pretend you’re in the Met. You don’t catch them thinking
I’ll have you know I keep detailed notes. Mistakes sometimes occur in translation.’ ‘Why do your notes need translating?’ ‘I write them in Aramaic. It’s a three-thousand-year-old language so I have to...
Whenever the cadaverous Home Office security supervisor became involved in their affairs, babies cried, women cowered, innocence was punished and blame was wrongly apportioned.
They’ll be working through until it’s done, so Janice has gone to KFC for a bargain bucket. They’re dining al desko.
Thanks to Hitler, we are no longer living in a world that cares about the death of someone because they were loved in the past. It cares only if that death can do damage to the future.
These hippie writers are selfish and irresponsible. I’ll tell you what made our nation the bastion of patrician morality it is today: the ability to be profoundly miserable. It’s one of our greatest s...
There are always regrets, of course. But you have to try and make a difference without hurting anyone along the way, so that you can reach a final state of grace without shame.
May felt exhilarated around Bryant. He had always imagined that somewhere out there, away from suburban dullness, ardent young people were allowed to give freer rein to their thoughts. He felt as thou...
May walked slowly around the body, studying it. Putrefaction had been halted in its advance, but the corpse’s skin had turned green and black, producing an acrid odour. He found it hard to imagine tha...
Look at the photographs of Hitler at Nuremberg two years ago, the deadness behind the eyes that denies humanity, just as it betrays the true darkness of the soul.’ May
What is the point in consensual opinion? Bryant asked, exasperated. If you only discuss matters of interest with like-minded individuals you never learn anything new. Why would I want a peer group on...
Look at the state of you. Get some of those wet clothes off and chuck them on the radiator.’ ‘Do you always boil a saucepan of sprouts for at least two hours?’ Bryant asked. ‘What?’ said May, thrown....