If I were a betting man I would say there is some despair. Larry's been relatively frank about some of it in the past, if memory serves.

I thought their last album was a masterpiece, but the commercial reaction clearly fucked with Bono's head. I really wish he'd let go of this idea that if the band isn't massively popular they have failed. They've been around for more than 30 years. Just make some music, and whoever wants to listen to it will.

Tabitha King writes beautiful, low-key character studies that feel very real and close-to-the-bone, but whether it's poor sales or just other commitments, she hasn't published a solo book since 1997.