Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

[Mark Robson]

Nice review, Coolhand. I'm tempted to try PSS now.

One minor point (because I'm a perfectionist and like to show off what little knowledge I do have of certain words and phrases) - one cannot by 'hoisted on a petard'. A petard was a type of hand grenade notorious for going off prematurely. Hence one could be 'hoist by one's own petard', but not on it.

Just thought you might like to know.

[Coolhand]

Ah, so THAT'S where the phrase comes from. Wow. I learn something new every day. In this case, the wisdom to never try juggling live petards...