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The heat pounded into his room from outside. Today it was almost too hot and humid to bear. He wished he could afford air-conditioning. He wished he could afford anything. He also wished that Kerry had not punched him in the face. Dinnie might have been inexperienced but he knew that this was a poor start to a relationship. It had not made him like her any less.
- Martin Millar, The Good Fairies of New York, p.130
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