I’d been in love with a spirit named Carl since I was twenty-one. I never loved men for very long. How could I? I had learnt to deal with his absence, safe in the knowledge that we would be together one day after my death. I lived my life to the full in the meantime.Just when I thought I had everything sussed regarding the reasons for my existence, the universe pulled the rug out from under me once more!I’d fallen in love with him before I even saw his face; this politician...