Ahh, thanks - that makes sense.

Named after Leigh Catt apparently. Notorious hanging judge, but loved inventing games. Great with children.

Hooray! Also, Dictionary People is excellent.

Gimme a book with an INDEX. 😌

Oh! Ilkley Literature Fest is the best. Gorgeous town, lovely audiences, and the organisers are so friendly and thoughtful. Recommend a walk up on’t moor too if you get time. Anyway, hope It goes really well.

They are tho! That's what surprised me so much about them. I thought they were going to be tough guy action novels, but actually (to my relief) he's much more of a Sherlock Holmes. He *knows* crucial details and he's brilliant at logistics!

Prior to this summer I'd only read her book on Sartre, which frankly didn't lead me to expect that she'd be so *funny*!

Oh yes! That was one of the first ones I read. Another terrific ghastly narrator, and a wonderful rug-pulling device at the end. I love how one of her favourite jokes is the awful narrator who says, "It is clear that I must break all contact with her" then one page later, "I have sent a telegram..."

Oh! Can I add the gradgrindian inchworm that Danny Kaye sings about in “Hans Christian Andersen” (1953)