That must have been some holiday

[pedanther]

Heard a news report on the radio this afternoon about the man accused of embezzling thousands from the London Philharmonic.

According to the newsreader, the money went toward an expensive luxury car and "exotic families for his holiday".

Comments

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Goodness! Sirius from...er Dogsbody, was it? Right there in your icon...huh. Dianne Wynne Jones I think, wasn't it?

[pedanther]

Yes, indeed. That is Sirius, from Diana Wynne Jones's Dogsbody.

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

I recognised the cover, huh, I read it in high school and read it aloud to my mother, who sympathised most with, er Duffy, was it? The grumpy potter which was pretty much what mum was at the time.