This is what divorce is: Taking things you no longer want from people you no longer love. - Zadie Smith

A carefully preserved English accent also upped the fear factor.

His death is like the soft down on the back of your hand, passing unnoticed in the firmest of handshakes, though the slightest breeze makes every damn one of the tiny hairs stand on end.

Most literary prizes are only nominally about literature. They are really about brand consolidation for beer companies, phone companies, coffee companies and even frozen food companies.