Slade House

by David Mitchell

True, I only properly started talking with Todd half an hour ago, but every instance of undying love was only half an hour young, once upon a time.

Think about it: about the squalid, shitty reasons that people murder each other in large numbers now. Oil; the drug trade; control over occupied territories and the word ‘occupied.’ Water. God’s true name, His true will, who owns access to Him. The astonishing belief that Iraq can be turned into Sweden by deposing its dictator and smashing the place up a bit.