Thomas H Cook.

Thomas H Cook is a gloomy so-and-so, as well as being a tremendous fiction writer. He is right up there in the laughter stakes amongst the likes of Thomas Hardy and Franz Kafka.

Nonetheless, I rather liked this quote:

"Fear: the servant on which evil could most confidently rely."

Is there any message in there for the Christian Church, I wonder?

- Rowan? Rowan?