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Lew is on the hunt for a sniper who’s taken out several people, including a reporter Lew was going to have dinner with.
This story takes place before Long-Legged Fly, and Lew is distinguishing himself as a guy who gets things done, and is dangerous doing it. He’s also slowly becoming the alcoholic we meet later. Lew is helped on his search for the sniper by a police officer, a reporter and a few others.
Though the plot is a little light, the prose is spare, philosophical and humourous as ever. Sal ...more
This story takes place before Long-Legged Fly, and Lew is distinguishing himself as a guy who gets things done, and is dangerous doing it. He’s also slowly becoming the alcoholic we meet later. Lew is helped on his search for the sniper by a police officer, a reporter and a few others.
Though the plot is a little light, the prose is spare, philosophical and humourous as ever. Sal ...more
How I love this series. Short on plot, long on philosophical musings about the nature of life and the human condition. Prose like this keeps me coming back for more James Sallis:
“It takes a while for us to realize that our lives have no plot. At first we imagine ourselves into great struggles of darkness and light, heroes in our Levi’s or pajamas, impervious to the gravity that pulls down all others. Later on we contrive scenes in which the world’s events circle like moons about us-like moths ab ...more
“It takes a while for us to realize that our lives have no plot. At first we imagine ourselves into great struggles of darkness and light, heroes in our Levi’s or pajamas, impervious to the gravity that pulls down all others. Later on we contrive scenes in which the world’s events circle like moons about us-like moths ab ...more
