Warning: These Ideas May Be Stolen

Warning: These Ideas May Be Stolen

Amidst the hoo-ha over Ian McEwan's supposed theft of ideas, Robert McCrum offers this perspective.

I'm just waiting for that whole boy meets girl/boy loses girl/boy gets girl back mess to hit the fan.

In me news: I took a much-needed break from the franken-novel to write a commissioned short story. Another writer asked what it was like to write a story after working on a novel for so long. All I can say is, this must be how junkies feel about crack.