Close readers (are there any?) will have noted the cryptic comment on Sam Norton’s website a few weeks ago, and my response here. I can now reveal (he says, self-importantly) what Sam was alluding to:

As Amazon says

Product details

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (13 Nov 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1847065090
  • ISBN-13: 978-1847065094
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 220,088 in Books

(Last week, for one glorious moment, it was the 20,393rd best-selling book on Amazon— but that’s because my parents put in a pre-publication order!)

There will be more, much more (!), about this stunning contribution to the sum of human knowledge in the weeks before publication.