Run

Recovering from 'flu, my powers of concentration were lacking, and I needed a 'noddy' book to get me reading again. So off to the charity shop I went to pick up the sort of book that I'd never read - technically a thriller, I believe.

And you know what? It was actually quite fun! A tale of a rouge CIA unit, arms dealers, assassins, the sort of thing I'd never normally touch with a barge pole - a real man's book.

Completely devoid of meaningful characters and deep human engagement, it was still a page turner, with an intricate enough plot to keep me reading, and a good twist at the end.

So, maybe it's healthy to read something different occasionally.

A few years ago I turned up at the airport ready to jet off to Egypt on holiday with the feeling I’d forgotten something. I racked my brains. Had I locked the door? Check. Had I packed my lucky Speedo's? Check. Had I brought along a damn fine book for the beach? B*llocks.

With my flight being called to the gate, I rushed off the WHSmith to grab myself a book. Hot and flustered, I darted past the latest array of D-list celebrity autobiographies they were trying to flog to holidaymakers and locked eyes on one book on the ‘New Releases’ stand. I made my choice based on the fact I myself was in a rush, and picked up the appropriately named Run. I’d not heard of the author before but the fact it was being hailed on the front cover as show more a ‘Bourne Identity for the 21st Century’ was good enough for me.

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