Also a contribution to Slater’s Messier. My 4th (I think).

The first western narrative that I was unable, as they say, to put down. No, I really wasn’t. I particularly loved the red-herring about the Armenian guy (how does an Armenian get a given name like ‘Haig’?).

And how did Slater find out my brother-in-law’s called Frank? (François-Xavier in fact. Same thing.)