I flicked my eyes over to Steve again and saw him straighten. He would need a diversion just to start. Explanations? I bellowed. Explanations? There's your explanation…there! I stabbed a finger dramatically towards the far corner of the room. Pathetic, really. I mean, talk about the oldest trick in the book. But it's a good book, and the trick would have been cut from subsequent editions if it didn't sometimes work.

Making History (ed. Soho Press, 2014) - ISBN: 9781616955267