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Empire Falls
About Miles the greasy spoon owner in a small town he never got out of. Good story.
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12/2001
Everybody's Fool
Police Chief Raymer is still trying to come to terms with the death of his wife Becka some months before. Sully has some bad medical news. There's smelly yellow gunk coming out of the ground. Great story!
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"You probably just remind her of someone," one nurse speculated, to which Sully replied, "Yeah, but the person I remind her of is me."Quote:
"narrative disruptions," -- I think I may be having those, too!Quote:
"...And of course I'm armed. People do respect that, especially in a Negro male." -- The whole paragraph is even better!Quote:
He'd worn briefs his whole life until he disrobed in front of Becka that first time and she'd reacted to them with startled revulsion. "Well," she said, "that's going to have to change."Quote:
He didn't know much about cobras, but he was pretty sure they didn't have three eyes.Read:
7/2023
Nobody's Fool
Sully is getting older in Bath, Maine, and hasn't quite figured out where is life is going.
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"Just because I don't lock my front door doesn't make us friends. What're you doing here, anyhow?"Quote:
"You're a man among men, Sully."
"Thanks," he said.
"It wasn't a compliment," she assured him.Read:
4/2023
Somebody's Fool
Five stars, I really enjoyed this book!
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Raymer wondered if maybe the time had come to walk away from such grizzly details. -- Grisly?Quote:
...he himself had met such a grizzly end... -- Grisly?Quote:
...so she wouldn't see the grizzly photo... -- Grisly?Quote:
"Well, once you're shut of him, we can start a headlong romance of our own." He was enjoying himself now, she could tell. "Maybe try holding hands or something." Read:
9/2023
Straight Man
Funny story about a University professor.
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10/2000
The Risk Pool
Ned recounts the history of his relationship with his adventurous father in Mohawk, New York. Very good story, but took a long time to read.
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He was from the western half of Pennsylvania, "practically Ohio," and you couldn't grow up that close to Ohio with being Ohio. Ohio was that pervasive. Next to Iowa, she couldn't think of a worse influence. --page 309Read:
12/2006
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