Before I get round to posting the full details of our trip to Croatia (lovely, thanks for asking) I thought I'd post two excellent reads.

Here's a really interesting post-bombing article by the always excellent John Lanchester in the Guardian.

And having finally been able to put it down (because I've finished it) I can get to the keyboard and praise The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay to the skies. A birthday present from Nick Nugent it's the best thing I've read in ages. If ever something was THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL this is it: the writting is brilliant; the story-telling is excellent; it's moving and eloquent and oh! Wonderful.