Permitted Reading

I'm reading - and being fascinated by McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Underworld. It's not fiction, so that's all right; it's even more surprising than I expected - and I expected quite a lot; and I have known the authors (in my journalist guise) for a number of years. He knows his stuff. I recommend.

Meanwhile, a small request: might I ask those of you who follow these posts if you would readThe Small Book.l It is not remotely as long as The Officer's Daughter, but it IS an English story. I would really like to know if it speaks to non-Brits at all. It won't take you long, promise.