It’s Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty Category_Grey Books/Family as the Afterword to the

as the Afterword to the Diary observes: ‘Self-deprecation of this kind is a particularly English occupation

A House in the Country has a verisimilitude denied to modern writers

how should he or she behave morally

the unremitting cruelty of the ‘authorities’ and the agony of being in custody

It’s Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty Category_Grey Books/Family as the Afterword to thePREFACE BY THE AUTHOR 128pp ISBN 9781903155011 The honeymoon is over And he has left for work Whistling something obvious from La Bohme And carrying a brown calfskin attach case I never dreamed he was capable of owning, Having started the day With ten pushups and a cold shower Followed by a hearty breakfast. (What do we actually have in common?) The honeymoon is over And I am dry mopping the floor In a green Dacron dry mopping outfit from Saks,