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Time for a Booker longlist palate cleanser. I laughed out loud on page 1 so this is just the ticket.

I have got to pivot to some other (any other) story for a few days. Will pick this back up on the far side.

Time for a Booker Prize palate cleanser

Oh boy. Page 2 and we're already in David-style trouble: ...the blood pressure cuff, with its kelp-like tubing and bulb, on the tray beside him (such a device is called, by the way, a manometer). Hey, ASG, such a device is called, by the way, a sphygmomanometer. There is a difference and you and your editor can look it up.

This is a very impressive new translation.

Um. Okay...but not really.