I thought they missed an opportunity in Skyfall to cast a former Bond actor in the Raoul Silva role. Pierce Brosnan playing a psychotic former 00 agent would have raised some fun questions around identity.

Surely Bond is no different to Batman? Audiences would clearly accept a new Bond as being a different take, as they have done with every new Bond. The series has never been consistent on this - Lazenby's reference to "the other guy," versus Moore's terse response to mention of his late wife.

Oh, nice, lovely to hear 🙏

Going to apply this marketing lesson to all of my books. Henceforth, you can participate in a reading experience of each one for free, with only a small one-time possession fee*.

* one-time for each reading experience. T&Cs apply.

Me too. Went to his London event last week and had a chat with him and Joe Thomas over a pint afterwards. I remained cool at all times.

He's the only critic I know who does this. Older books are always new to someone, even critics. Good on him.

Congrats Marco, great to see

Oh, Thatcher was way worse. I have something of a soft spot for Rachman as a character, and might return to him in some fuller way.

Glad to hear you enjoyed it, Elwyn!

Ha, well you wouldn't be the first person to find me unreadable... (there is a French translation coming in October, though, just in case)

Ah, superb. Good to hear, Nico. Hope it works for you 🤜🤛

Superb. Astonishing book. Congrats!

Cheers Laura, appreciate that very much 🤜🤛

I can recommend blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/home for international customers. The listed price of the book includes worldwide postage, and they're nothing to do with the Venetian groom.

I know that feeling. The next thing is always the pesky thing until it's the last thing.

Big fan, mate, loved About a Son too. Exciting to see you pressing the form into new shapes.

One of the best doing it

I always liked this. Woozy Hollywood vampire noir.