[Eric]

Kokko is the Finnish for bonfire.

I have never read a thing by Graham Swift, but just happened to be Googling yesterday to see whether it was indeed him who had written the original novel on which the film "Last Orders" was based, as I keep mixing him up with Julian Barnes (which will no doubt cause hilarity among those better acquainted with contemporary BritLit than I am).

So this thread is welcome. I too shall have to read Swift. He's in the queue, but where I don't know. Mirabell: hmmm, stop posing and make some comments, for a change.