This morning first thing, I'm lying in bed innocently reading my novel, which is The Unknown Bridesmaid by Margaret Forster, when I get zapped by this:
Iris's father liked him because he was a Manchester City, and not a United, fan...
Reader, I ask you. I like Margaret Forster's novels. I have never done her any harm that I know of. It's an unprovoked assault. And what does she know from Manchester? She was born in Carlisle. Well, you know what they say about City's support, don't you? The quoted passage, just by the way, is on page 101.