Will Nick Cave's all-singing e-book change the novel for ever?

There's one big question you need to ask when presented with the technological enhancement of an art form: "Is it Smell-O-Vision?" Remember Smell-O-Vision? No? Well, that's my point. This revolution in cinema was based on the idea that the experience would be more immersive if, say, a love scene was accompanied by the scent of roses being pumped through the theatre's air-conditioning; or that when the zombies showed up, the theatre would be alive with rotting haddock. Everyone hated it, of cours...

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