Meanwhile, the story bounces around between ludicrous events and ideas with little consideration for coherence.
Whatever happens--including the possible postponement of the voting or the later resignation of Thieu pending new elections--the ludicrous events of the past several weeks may well presage the doom of the 4-year-old 2nd Republic.
Lindsay's life seems to lack any kind of fluid narrative, instead resembling more a chain of unrelated and ludicrous events; community service at the morgue, a sleepover with Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey at the Chateaux Marmont, a 36-name list of her sexual conquests left in a bar, a tweet that she's pregnant on April Fools' Day.
Lohan's life seems to lack any kind of fluid narrative, instead resembling more of a chain of unrelated, ludicrous events: community service at the morgue, a sleepover with Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey at the Chateau Marmont, a 36-name list of her sexual conquests left in a bar, a tweet that she's pregnant on April Fools' Day.
One critic called the event "ludicrous".
That kind of democra-fetishism might make sense for consumer awards like The Webbies – which, perversely, are awarded by a cabal of insiders – but it's completely ludicrous for an event specifically aimed at industry professionals.
Simon doesn't question this ludicrous turn of events as none dare challenge the plotting of a Nobel prize-winning novelist who has twice won the Booker.
The figure of £10bn for the cost is ludicrous; and in any event 70 per cent of the cost is because of the move to biometric passports, happening round the western world.
"We are talking about communicating and telling stories, one of the most important things we can do about important events -- for a publisher to say that we shouldn't publish books around this event is ludicrous".
