  Oh no! Now deceased Northeastern queen of the colliery lad and lass novel, Catherine Cookson, urlLink loses her crown as urlLink queen of the libraries . Meanwhile, DBC Pierre has a few words to say on decadence in the urlLink Telegraph's literary Diary section , it seems: "When a first-time novelist garners massive sales and prestigious awards on his entry to the literary scene, how does he follow that up?
DBC Pierre has the answer: "I want to set a new benchmark in decadence," he declares. After the success of Vernon God Little, Pierre is working on his next two novels for Faber & Faber. "My next book, Ludmila's Broken English, is about immigration and globalisation; two English boys go to Russia and get eaten up by forces beyond their control. " But it is his third novel that is particularly exciting the erstwhile fraudster and cocaine addict: "I've found a way to make vulgarity acceptable," he says. " 
