Trying harder to read a John Berger novel.

Worsening eyesight reduces my pleasure reading.

John Berger died ten years ago at 90. Verso, his last publisher, routinely offer a free ebook with paper copies. And I've replaced almost all my treasured Berger. But not one novel, The Foot of Clive. A little Penguin paperback published in 1970. It was second-hand and marked "6p" in pencil on the title page. The book was originally five shillings.

 At my last St Anne's routine checkup the doctor suggested I should still be able to read paper books. Up to a point she was right.

 I made a serious effort under our lamp branded:"Serious". But all the book's leaves are a shade too brown.