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“With a roof over his head he had ceased to work, living off his [war] pension and his wits, both hopelessly inadequate.”
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“(Novelists, when their characters drive cars, never feel compelled to describe precisely what the physical actions are of hands, feet, eyes, knees, elbows. Yet many of these same novelists, when their characters copulate, get into such detailed physical description you’d think they were writing an exercise book. We all know the interrelation between the right ankle and the accelerator when driving a car, and we needn’t be told.”
― Dancing Aztecs
― Dancing Aztecs
“And Irene hadn’t broken the letter of any ordinances – she hoped. She’d just jumped up and down on the spirit of them, then taken them down a dark alley and made some pointed suggestions at knife-point.”
― The Masked City
― The Masked City
“The clever people at CERN are smashing particles together in the hope that Doctor Who will turn up and tell them to stop”
― Moon Over Soho
― Moon Over Soho
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