'‘What is it?’ asked Ron, my editor. ‘It’s a manuscript written on a computer,’ his colleague told him. ‘I’ve just been sent it from America.’ '

‘What is it?’ asked Ron, my editor. ‘It’s a manuscript written on a computer,’ his colleague told him. ‘I’ve just been sent it from America.’ Ron took the manuscript and leafed through a few pages. ‘This is going to put us out of a job,’ he said.