Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Patrick Gale

Born: 1962 (age 63)
Bio: Patrick Evelyn Hugh Sadler Gale is a British novelist.
Known for:
- A Place Called Winter (2015)
- Notes from an Exhibition (2007)
- A Perfectly Good Man (2012)
- Rough music (2000)
- The Aerodynamics of Pork (1986)