Dilemma

At 12 years old I was with Janet in a shop, on holiday in Mauritius. She told me I could either have a bikini (my first) or a complete set of Asterix books.

It was agonising, but eventually I chose the bikini.

Looking back now at a photo of myself, boyish and flat, self consciously posing for the camera by a sand castle; I wonder if my life would have been different had I chosen the books.