Tales from the Folly

by Ben Aaronovitch

nothing lubricates a soirée like a bowl full of alpha-methylphenethylamine.

Organised crime in the good old days required little in the way of actual brains and relied much more on a calculated defiance of the social niceties vis-à-vis psychotic violence.

‘I think we’re sinking,’ said Merton, for what I realised was the third or fourth time.

This takes on a new layer with the audiobook as a homophone with "synching" - my first interpretation. Not an uncommon social experience on LSD and a descriptor of neuro- chemical/physiological processes. Great!

‘I’ve got good news and bad news,’ he said. ‘We’re not sinking but we’re definitely flooding.’