Momo
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Cover Story
The illustration on the cover of this issue of Books for Keeps shows the arrival of King Sahure's funeral procession at the pyramid at Abusir around 2473 BC. Reconstructed from archaeological evidence, this illustration by David Salariya and Shirley Willis is taken from Ancient Egypt by Rosalie and Antony E. David, published by Kingfisher in the History as Evidence series (0 86272 091 5, £3.95). We are grateful to Kingfisher for help in using this illustration. (See Information Please, pages 20-21)
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The sinister men in grey were experts on time just as leeches are experts on blood. They visit innocent, undeveloped characters in poor novels, like Mr Figaro, the barber, and frighten the life out of them. Time saved is time doubled. Don't worry about it, even if you get to the end of the story, you'll wonder why you bothered. Is Momo a witch? Is Guido a guide, or an agent for the KGB/CIA/BBC or any other mnemonic that takes your fancy? Timesharing I've seen advertised, but Timesaving is about to boom big if the men in grey have their way. I'm sure it could all be heavily psychological, but I don't think your average eleven year old is going to wait around long enough to decipher it.