> I haven't finished it, no. There's a very good reason for that. I don't
> *want* to finish it too quickly because I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I
> usually have two books on the go at the same time - a fiction one and a
> non-fiction one, so I'm currently alternating "Matthew" with "Corsair Aces
> of World War 2".

> I really enjoyed the incident with the hedge, having been through a similar
> incident myself a number of years ago. At least Matthew had the excuse that
> he was emotionally distraught and somewhat dehydrated. I was just deeply in
> my cups!

> I have my doubts about the wisdom of writing about a twist at the
> end. I appreciate that it drove you to get a copy and for that I'm
> grateful but the knowledge that there is a twist must surely be a
> distraction.

>> Nah... just use a middle initial for the other genre. It works for
>> Iain (M) Banks.

>
> There, and I was going to call myself Mick Matrix.

> Mick the Merciless wrote:

>> I have my doubts about the wisdom of writing about a twist at the
>> end. I appreciate that it drove you to get a copy and for that I'm
>> grateful but the knowledge that there is a twist must surely be a
>> distraction.

>
> On the contrary. I'm now looking out for cloos to the twist. It just adds
> to the enjoyment.

>>> Nah... just use a middle initial for the other genre. It works for
>>> Iain (M) Banks.

>>
>> There, and I was going to call myself Mick Matrix.

>
> My sister is Dot Matrix. You could be a mirror universe George Eliot and
> use her name. :-D