The Prix Goncourt I have not been to the Restaurant Drouant in Paris but the menu is enticing and it has a regular clientele.
Two Secret Lives It is April 1967 and Tony Scotland is working for ABC (in those days the Australian Broadcasting Commission) in Hobart, Tasmania.
On The Shelf The books in Margravine Gardens are mostly in the study, the front bedroom, the kitchen and the back of the sitting room.
the last footman Often I stumble on books through reading an obituary. That’s why I bought the last footman.
Unfinished Books When I was much, much younger I believed when I started a book I had an obligation to myself to finish it. This no longer applies.
Red Sparrow Eric Ambler’s quite short spy thrillers are perfect for short-haul flights, say two hours at the airport and three hours in the air.