My book beginning today is from the novel “Our tragic universe” by Scarlett Thomas.

I was reading about how to survive the end of the universe when I got a text message from my friend Libby, Her text said “Can you be at the Embankment in fifteen minutes? Big disaster.” It was a cold Sunday in early February, and I’d spent most of it curled up in bed in the damp and disintegrating terraced cottage in Dartmouth.

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