2008/10/11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Brian of the infinitely varied intro line, put down his mug of Horlicks > and took 2 minutes to issue a horticultural warning. > > >> Steve Haywood expressed precisely : > >> > >> > >> Sorry to go on at such length but if that is an > >> argument for giving up, I am a banana. > > > Watch out for fruit flys then > > Ho . . ho ! > Nice one. > > Beeky > >
I should perhaps clarify, for the sake of accuracy if nothing else, that the banana comment came from John Edmonds and was nothing to do with me. I can quite understand, however, you lot thinking it WAS from me, seeing as how I lose no opportunity on this list or elsewhere to get cheap publicity for my back catalogue. So in the spirit of cheap publicity can I announce formally that *Fruit Flies Like a Banana* is dead. It is no more. It is a deceased parrot. There will be no more reprints and those of you that have a copy should hang onto it for dear life in the name of literary posterity... or something like that. That is the good news. The bad news is that a revised edition is being relaunched next March with a new cover and a new title *One Man and a Narrowboat; Slowing Down Time on England's Waterways*. It is to be hoped that this blatant attempt to use a title that does what it says on the can will lead to massive sales and the repair of the author to the Bahamas next winter. Somehow though, I doubt it. I am announcing this early since as an author - pretty-much the lowest of the low in the publishing heirarchy - I ultimately have no control of what they do with the book and so I am concerned that people may buy a copy thinking it's a brand new ouvre. This despite the fact that I am assured that it will prominently display a sign on its cover saying 'this book was previously published as FFLAB' So be on your guard. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
