Next week, the paperback version of Verruca Music will be available for your delectation. Or, if you've nothing else to hand, for use as a handy wedge stop your dining room table from wobbling.

There will be not one but two special editions. The first is the ultra-limited ultra-special edition with never-to-be-repeated surprise musical extras. The free stuff that comes with the still-special-but-not-ultra-special edition is pretty exciting too, but if the former is a sleek Bentley, the latter is a well-maintained Austin Maxi*. Or, given the number of copies there will be, a fleet of thirty well-maintained Austin Maxis. No requests for custom paint, please.

Of course, you can get the Kindle version from Amazon now - for just 69p - if you enjoy Beckett and Joyce, you might just like this.

Verruca Music on Amazon.co.uk

http://www.amazon.com/Verruca-Music-ebook/dp/B0054RBACQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1308917544&sr=8-1

I shall be spending the weekend attempting to get to grips with Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer, a book that has failed to capture my attention several times now...

* If you're from America, imagine some other kind of cheap family saloon car from 30 years ago.