Haywire: The Best of Craig Brown
By Craig Brown
Fourth Estate £25
It doesn’t take much to pique the interest of Craig Brown.
In the betting book of the Seaforth Highlanders, an 1824 wager is struck by two bored soldiers: ‘Mr Cooper bets Mr Wilson one bottle of port that he drinks with a spoon a bottle of beer while Mr W is eating a penny roll.’
It sets Brown off on a meditation about what to
