The Echo Chamber - Limited Edition Jonathan Coe One rain-soaked LA evening

One rain-soaked LA evening

and is allowing it to progress

barrel up the Mississippi

the world's largest steamship

Former art critic Barb Segal informs Nick that she's just bumped into Spira's ex-lover

The Echo Chamber - Limited Edition Jonathan Coe One rain-soaked LA eveningWhat a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept. The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from disaster. George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, a 'national