Patricia - you have the advantage, I'm afraid. I'm ashamed to say I've never heard of that author [ I know that is gaspingly awful to admit ] - mind you, I don't get out much

. I'm currently [re]reading Philip K. Dick's works, so that's probably having a profound influence on my thought processes. He was a bit mental - but I do love his tangential take on life and the simplicity of his writing. Which is just as well, because I'm a simple soul who is also probably a bit mental.

However, I will stay-back after school, do the lines and write an essay on this cheeky author who stole my idea, and whose story is probably not as good as the one I would have written.
Tommy