From Karen Hart
I am fascinated by the “laughing biscuits” mentioned in the extract from Jim
Crace’s novel (28 July, p 60). Crace says the biscuits—which made the
person who ate them laugh uncontrollably—were considered unmarketable,
because “consumers do not like to lose control”. I can’t believe a commercial
company would consider these biscuits too much of a risk. One has only to look
at any city centre at 11 pm on a Saturday to see how much people like to lose
control.
Birmingham
