Is this deliberately named after Beryl Bainbridges final novel
or just a happy accident?
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 20:23, 1 reply)

A happy accident
But I'm more likely to read that book now, even if it's not about fun and frolics in Cleethorpes.

It was supposed to be a vague spoof on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo...
( ousgg is not seeking approval, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 20:28, closed)

That was my first thought
I just happened to see a review of the other book in 'Word' magazine on the way home and the title leapt out at me. Although I should say the final word is 'dress' not 'knickers'.

Which also reminds me of a joke I wrote that I seem to be the only person in the world to find amusing, but I'll try it here:

I'm reading The Hare With The Amber Eyes. I don't know why people keep raving about it, 100 pages in with no murders and they aren't even in bloody Sweden yet.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 20:43, closed)

And what's the joke, then?
( ousgg is not seeking approval, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 20:47, closed)

haha

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 20:48, closed)