Life's lottery

by Kim Newman

As a six-year-old in the school playground you are asked to choose your favourite Man from Uncle character : Napoleon Solo or Illya Kuriakin? If you choose the latter you are small, quiet and sensitive. If the former, you join a gang, become a successful businessman, get married. You make the choices, the story is your life.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?