16The Voice had the biggest audience in London, and according to John was the biggest load of bull he'd ever read. A few straggling papers tried to compete, only finding readers in London's most liberal or most extreme. Everyone else bought the Voice, skimmed the headlines, picked up a few typos, and filled in the crossword each day before taking the paper down to the recycling bank, and getting their gratitude pennies back for the service.
Harvey O'Connor had been editor for six years, taking over from his mother Elaine after her short battle with cancer. There was no love lost between mother and son and when Harvey came to take over the Voice he made no secret of not caring less about the credibility of investigative journalism, the truth, or good writing. He evolved the Voice from a re
