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> If that opening sentence tries too hard, or holds no special friction, the book slips from its holder’s hands – back onto the table, or the shelf, ready to be replaced with a magazine, or a snack, or a screaming child.

I’d love to know a first line amazing enough that one would ignore their own child?

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I think the writer may also be a little crazy, because a magazine or a snack can be considered as recreational activities that you can replace a book with, but it takes a special kind of person to consider a screaming child as recreational.

"Ignore this sentence and your child will die."

> "Ignore this sentence and your child will die."

The little-known proposal for a followup song from the Manic Street Preachers.

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