Only in America ... oh wait
An award-winning writer has received £115,000 in an out of court settlement over chemical exposure that reduced her to writing a thriller instead of a literary masterpiece.
Well, that's how the story is running in the media.
The writer in question actually did incur nerve damage from chemical fumes, so compensation seems well in order to me.
The opening paragraph of her new book, the "entertainment" (as Graham Greene would've put it) Bleedout, seems odd to me:"Even after Hugh Freyl lost his sight he was invincible. But late one night, in the library of the elite law firm that bears his name, he was beaten to death."
Although it's not incorrect, I'd prefer 'bore' to 'bears' there. Perhaps she could sue again for having lost her ability to straighten her tenses.
Well, that's how the story is running in the media.
The writer in question actually did incur nerve damage from chemical fumes, so compensation seems well in order to me.
The opening paragraph of her new book, the "entertainment" (as Graham Greene would've put it) Bleedout, seems odd to me:"Even after Hugh Freyl lost his sight he was invincible. But late one night, in the library of the elite law firm that bears his name, he was beaten to death."
Although it's not incorrect, I'd prefer 'bore' to 'bears' there. Perhaps she could sue again for having lost her ability to straighten her tenses.