Michael Howard's wife, Sandra, wrote a novel last year. Quite well received by the press, not quite so well by the punters. (I had thought to make some remark about her possibly having better luck if she had written a vampire novel, but couldn't think of a way to make it even faintly amusing.)
Seems she is intending to do it again - lucky us. At a recent charity ball, attended by lots of the rich and famous, one of the prizes in the auction was a name-check in her next opus. No guarantee as to what sort of character would sport the winning moniker though.
The bidding was opened, one imagines at a suitably charitable level, by Armando Iannucci.
The auctioneer, Rory Bremner, took a long pause, and decided to stop the bidding right then.
Y'know, I might even buy the book when it comes out. Well, at least the very minute it hits the charity shop shelves.
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ok, so there are aspects of current popular culture that maybe I haven't been missing out on...
but, I can still benefit vicariously from the awareness (if that makes sense)
thanks!
and have a good weekend
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