Good news: my review of James Wood's The Irresponsible Self is going to be published! In The Reader. I've met him twice in the past month and a half (happy to report that he's a Nice Person; one doesn't want to admire cads), and the second time he asked me, was I writing anything. "Yes, as a matter of fact I've just finished a book review." "Well, I'll definitely look out for it." You're in for a big surprise, I thought, too shy to tell him what I'd reviewed.