Some years ago I had a conversation with a friend about Douglas Coupland's novel Microserfs. He said, "That book annoyed me so much I tore it up, on the Tube."

Some years ago I had a conversation with a friend about Douglas Coupland's novel Microserfs. He said, "That book annoyed me so much I tore it up, on the Tube." I had never thought of stopping reading as such a decisive act.