by Geoff Ryman
Sonali Shetty 5/156
Iris Kraushaar 5/155
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Jason Luveridge 1/36
TAXIS AND MINIS
Halet Özgen 7/219
Sam Cruza 6/216
Steven Workman 6/213
Maryan Elliott 6/202
Suze Morley 3/99 has just nearly been killed by one: in fact it was Maryan’s husband driving
Minicabs
Angela Dowd 6/207 (mini)
Florence Cassell 2/70 (mini)
Keith Olewaio 1/9, Toby Swiswe 1/10 (mini)
MARGARET THATCHER
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Margaret Thatcher 6/186
Lucie Friend 4/143
Lawrence Timmins 3/94
ad 3
Georgina Bullen 2/40
TIME OUT/PERSONAL ADS
Sabrina Foster 6/184
ad 3
Hilary Vialls 2/72
Allan Marjoram 2/71
Maryan Elliott 6/202 in ad 3
TURKEY
Halet Özgen 7/219
Ibrahim Gurer 4/136
Tahsin Cilekbileckli 1/1
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
Mary Lenehan 5/166
Suze Morley 3/99
UCL, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Nane Parely 4/142 is doing her PhD at UCL
Gerta Fazahi 4/130
Eva Simmonds 2/53
USB, UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH BANK
Harry Runciman 7/250
Paul Binyon 5/157
Selima Haydir 5/149
Anuk Dhotri 4/118
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH BANK, TECHNOPARK
Lisa Sindersly 7/247
Debendrath Karan 4/115
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Olivia Parsons 2/48
WATERLOO BRIDGE ROAD
Jasmine McGowan’s 3/84 shop is next to Savi Gupta 2/56
WATERLOO STATION CONCOURSE
Leone Skerrit 6/203
Chocolate shop
Charles Wright 7/238
Amitabh Chopra 5/177
Debendrath Karan 4/115
WASTECO SUPERMARKET
Anthea Dobbs 6/217 (Joy’s partner)
Terry Wilcox 5/180
Joy Harvey 1/20
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Emily Jenkins 7/221 (saw Starlight Express)
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Lawrence Timmins 3/94
Milton Richards 2/73
WEIGHTLIFTING
Michael Hanshaw 6/206 (lifts at Gina’s Gym)
Gina Horst 1/12
WIMBLEDON
Elisabetta Sobel 7/248
Camilla Burke-Harris 3/106
WORMS
Debbie DeNussi 5/178
Paul Binyon 5/157
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1. I found the way this novel was organized (by car, numbers etc.)
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□ clear and easy to use
□ a good idea but needed more work
□ boring as hell
□ a good joke, but surely postmodernism requires that (attach essay)
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2. The cover and design were
□ brilliant, lots of fun
□ looked OK
□ nearly put me off eating
3. The typefaces in particular were (tick two boxes)
□ nice and big—even I could read it
□ too small by half and
□ disgusting and old fashioned
□ sleek and inviting
4. How easy was the novel to find?
□ Tell the HarperCollins reps to get off their butts: I had to look in…(number of) bookshops
□ I had to order it and even then, they didn’t seem to know about it
□ Easy—my friend loaned it to me
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□ It was in a few big city bookshops
□ Wow! Can you guys rep books, this thing was like herpes…on everybody’s lips
5. What are your views of the author
□ tell Geoff not to give up his day job
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□ as a metaphor for impending death as we live life
□ as a tribute to the hidden fascinating truth behind each face if we could but find it
□ as a tribute to the infinite variety of London life
□ as a deliberate mockery of interactivity, feedback forms etc.
□ that some of it is mildly amusing
□ that Geoff had a contract.
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