. .The Rhythm Method is the curse of young Ad< Appleby's life and the cause of his children's . .Whilst Adam gestates his thesis in the British Museu his wife worries at home because her period is late a a fourth little bundle of (expensive) joy seems to be с the way, thanks to 'Vatican Roulette'. Though Adam'; experience is constantly coloured by the authors he studying, one distinction remains clear: 'Literature is mostly about having sex, and not much about having children. Life is the other