Fisherman's Point

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Here is a modern witty romance as light as a summer breeze.

Several comments on the story remark on the crisp, understated and self-conscious wittiness of British writing. This is an example as fresh and dry as a Romaine lettuce, as dry and sparkling as a glass of the white wines that are mentioned; reminiscent of Barbara Pym's social comedies. Characters are rapidly sketched in pen-and-ink style with background settings in pen-and-wash around them. Motivations become apparent rather than being spelt out, in the way they happen in 'Real Life'. The two central characters are self-deprecating, charming and cheeky. You want to invite them round for lunch at your place cuz they are clearly good company.

I love stories where they describe so carefully how something is cooked that you can make it yourself - like Strong Poison, or Montalbán's Catalan detective novels, or the divine Like Water for Chocolate. And with only this little story in your hand, you can make a frittata and a chicken alla diavola! Or with the story on your ipad and something else in your hand, you can also have a lot of fun <snerk>.  

Fisherman's Point is also a story with good detail in it about the world of 'proper' publishing - in fact when I think what a lot is crammed into these two short little pages, I am nearly as impressed as I was with the frittata recipe!