WINNERS ! WINNERS !
FRYBABE & PAT H - YOU'VE GOT IT RIGHT - Which of you will lead off the next one ?
There were such good guesses though - Doris Lessing and Pat Barker - both terrific writers for different reasons. Barker's
Regeneration trilogy is one of my all time favourites dealing with WW1 and Lessing's
Children of Violence sequence can't be beaten. - let alone
The Golden NotebookMippy I thought the bit about the metafiction was pretty cool but didn't mean to frighten you off.
JoanK I was sure the clue regarding Japanese instructions rendered into English would give it all away. - I've come across that particular remark Atwood made several times. Just proves that everyone reads different things.
PatH -I did feel as though I was in limbo and talking to myself at first so it might be an idea to post a few words to let the challenger know we're there.
BTW your computer room isn't the only one that's littered as a result of this one - mine is covered with notes and books and references - and bits of hair too as I scratched my head trying to form up the next lot of clues.