Aubyn recently made a splash with thefifth and final book in his Patrick Melrose series, which chronicles 40 years in the life of a dysfunctional, drug abusing British aristocrat.
Not that I'm necessarily equating the two in terms of literary merit, but I remember when I discovered "The Hardy Boys" in fifth or sixth grade: After reading the first book, I was so smitten I begged my parents to buy me the remaining fortysomething volumes for my birthday.
Only fifth place in the Premier League will now be good enough to book a Europa League spot and, with the Reds in sixth and six points behind Tottenham - who have a game in hand - that now seems unlikely.
Weighed down first by huge write-downs in its trading book and now by mounting loan losses, the bank is set to announce a fifth consecutive quarter of losses on January 22nd.