{"id":1221,"date":"2004-06-07T14:26:40","date_gmt":"2004-06-07T18:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2004-06-07T14:26:40","modified_gmt":"2004-06-07T18:26:40","slug":"rubber-legged-in-anticipation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=1221","title":{"rendered":"rubber-legged in anticipation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve just been sent the programme for the Aventis bash<\/a> next week. There is a photocall for the authors at five, and then a steady programme of refreshments until eight, when the prizes are announced. After that, they feed us. Is this entirely wise? A dozen authors, locked up for three hours with friends, rivals and unlimited booze, waiting to see who among them will win small fame and a large cheque: this sounds like the plot of a Frayn novel. Those convinced that they will never win might drink to provoke their own bonhomie; those who think they might win will drink to calm their nerves — and one way or another there is, it seems to me, a fair chance that whoever gets shovelled up on stage to make a speech of less than one minute<\/strong> as the programme says in bold, will be scarcely able to find the mike stand.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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