" And the bills, staring at him from the noticeboard in the
kitchen: gas, electricity, council tax. Plus somewhere, the
rent and telephone. Phone bill had only come in that
morning, Jerry asking Jayne why she had to spend three
hours a week on the blower to her mum who only lived
round the corner?
He went back through to the living room, dug out
'Stranded' by The Saints. B-side was even faster - 'No
Time'. Jerry had all the time in the world; thing was, he
felt utterly stranded."
Ian Rankin. Set in Darkness p. 394 (London, Orion Books Ltd, 2000)