Chris Parker

Chris is a pal of mine, and I hope to heaven he is not 'late'! He edited some novels by Jeffery Archer, who makes a lot of money spinning stories but is a terrible writer, and will not allow anything to be changed, including nonsensical errors of chronology, like having a character 28 years old and 34 two pages later. Yes, I'm alive, & have just seen this. It's good to hear I can finally stop heaving this 20-year grudge about (never one to Forgive & Forget, I'm a founder member of the Remember & Resent School). I'd like to apologise for what was probably an unpleasantly tetchy letter - consider this an e-hug, John... PS: It's true about Jeffrey Archer; I recently corrected the 93rd reprint of "Cain & Abel" & found he'd (in all those 93 editions, presumably) attributed a quote about sex to Dr Johnson, when it was actually from Lord Chesterfield, as any skoolboy no. Funnily enough, he's never thanked me...