Pillion In the past few weeks, we have communed in the forest with Shakespeare's tortured wife and unleashed the beasts of Emily Bronte's favorite fuck me / fuck you couple. Today, I decided to fast-forward to present-day London, specifically the suburb of Bromley, where the protagonist of Pillion , sadsack Colin, hands out parking tickets and sings with a local barbershop quartet. Though thirtyish and single, Colin still lives with his parents: not a good look for a young man looking for love (or some close facsimile thereof). Virtually friendless, Colin's social life is nil through no fault of his mum, who is determined to hook her son up with a new boyfriend if it's the last thing she ever does. And that may well be the case since the poor woman is dying of cancer. However, her quest is not so simple, given that Colin doesn't seem terribly appreciative of her efforts. All this is compounded by the fact that Colin is rather plain , a fact that is borne out b...