Whats the toughest Ashtanga pose you can do (and not get stuck)?
Ha! I’m not going to demonstrate it at the next ITW convention but I can still do the position that features at the start of No Laughing Matter. It’s known as the Balancing Tortoise and it involves sticking your legs back under your armpits, crossing your feet behind your neck and lifting yourself off the floor on your hands. Clearly I’m insane – why anybody would wish to do this position, I have no idea. My favourite pose, however, has the unfortunate name of The Corpse. It involves simply lying on your back and taking deep breaths for ten minutes. Frankly, as I get older, I could do that all day. Through your research did you solve the real life case of Trunk Murder Number 1? Can’t tell you as it will give away one of the trilogy’s conclusions! I have got a bit obsessed with the real life case. Most of the police files were destroyed in 1964 – an event that features heavily in The Last King – so my research was unavoidably restricted. In real life the police were never able to identi
