The Martyrdom of Saint Joanne

A terrible tragedy has occurred in the last few days. ‘Beloved Author’ J K Rowling has been murdered. Struck down in her prime, in an entirely unjustified and violent assault. I’m not going to tell you how it happens, mind you. You’ll have to buy the book it happens in and find out for yourself.

Yes. There is an outcry because someone’s written a fictional account of JKR’s death, feeling, it would seem, that she richly deserved it. Someone has used their imagination and written down words in a novel, and no one has a better understanding of the nuances of fictional worlds than…