My father once described Malcolm Gladwell as "that man who writes books that should be essays". I think that also sums up my feelings about this. A particular

My father once described Malcolm Gladwell as "that man who writes books that should be essays". I think that also sums up my feelings about this. A particular bugbear of mine is when a non-fiction article starts by describing the weather or somesuch. If the opening line is "It was a warm summer's day when Joshua first..." then I just give up then and there. There's no glory in padding.