Admission: I re-read the jacket of Olivia Joules and here is what it atually says: "a Jane Bond heroine with a wonderfully overactive imagination" (The Independent on Sunday), "a heroine for the 21st century," and "a sensational new heroine for a new era" (from the cover). So, my fault, I misinterpreted. It doesn't say she's the next Bridget at all - so as usual, it's a question of expectation management and midguided wishful thinking.
But Olivia is going on hold. I got the new David Sedaris and if there's anything to make me jettison Helen Fielding, it's David Sedaris.
