... infinite susceptibility to the imaginative flights of tour guides in locales as distant as Egypt (?Women urinate standing up, men sitting down?), reading him was like?well, like having an embarrassing parent along on a family bvacation/b. ... The latest book to make me evangelical is Dial M For Merthyr by Rachel Trezise, which I heard her read from at bLaugharne/b Rugby Club. This is a great job for someone who likes to proselytise about books -- I'm not sure anyone pays me ...
