When I met Bejan and Enver at the supra, they enthusiastically told me that I was about to experience true Georgian hospitality.

The author had set himself up as a kind of literary agony uncle at the Murakami-san no Tokoro (Mr Murakami’s place) website: “After so long, I want to exchange emails with readers,” he said in January.

Then he dithered and fannied about.

Freeloaders are a prime example of the people that will repeatedly burn you if they have the chance. […] They would much rather find someone with a generous nature, and ride that gravy train till the gravy runs out.