Blackmail Is More Effective Than Bribery.

I Had Two Experiences Of Criminality: One Was My Conman Father, The Other Was Teaching At Eton

By The Age Of 9 Or 10, I Knew That I Had To Cut My Own Cloth And Make My Own Way.

And The Ideologies Trailed After These Impossible Events Like Condemned Prisoners, As Ideologies Do When They've Had Their Day. Because They Have No Heart Of Their Own. They're The Whores And Angels Of Our Striving Selves.

It's A Principle Of Mine To Come Into The Story As Late As Possible, And To Tell It As Fast As You Can.

Most People Like To Read About Intrigue And Spies. I Hope To Provide A Metaphor For The Average Reader's Daily Life. Most Of Us Live In A Slightly Conspiratorial Relationship With Our Employer And Perhaps With Our Marriage.