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We suppose a text message novel has some antecedents in sonnets or haiku or something. And we hear that writing to a very tight formula really frees the mind (yes, we’re not entirely comfortable with this level of rigidity, but we usually a take a while to get rolling). So we applaud the author’s creativity and marketing savvy. But we also advise some readers of his steamy tale of illicit romance to take care that these tiny chapters don’t fall into the hands of conclusion jumpers.

• Chinese author moves into texts