BOOK REVIEW / Paperbacks: Rotten Times - Paul Micou: Black Swan, pounds 5.99

A classically educated, emotionally stunted English buffoon develops a rare disease which means he can recall everything he has ever learnt or felt, including a crushing love for one of his oldest friends. This should offer potential for great comedy but Micou wastes the opportunity, instead focusing on the socio-political backdrop of the Anglo-American Special Relationship.