Six days after the Titanic sank,the SS Bremen steamed into the same corridor of cold Atlantic waters.During breakfast, the crew began to sight white dots like seagulls on the waves.Their calls pulled the passengers awayfrom their coffee and strudel, brought them to the deck where at first they squinted, then recoiled.Chunks of ice, broken planks …
Who is your ideal reader? a lit mag asked,and after careful thought, I decidedit’s Daniel Craig, circa 2006,deliberately emerging from the seain his little blue shorts, flinging waterfrom his hair, swaggering through the wavesand onto the beach, white sand clingingto his bare feet and somehow muscular ankles,striding to the chaise longue beside mine,and opening a …