“I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.”
― Farewell, My Lovely
― Farewell, My Lovely
“...the sun rose each morning to stare into my face with the blank but touching gaze of a lovely retarded child.”
― The Last Good Kiss
― The Last Good Kiss
“It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian.”
―
―
“Stories are like snapshots, pictures snatched out of time, with clean hard edges. But this was life, and life always begins and ends in a bloody muddle, womb to tomb, just one big mess, a can of worms left to rot in the sun.”
― The Last Good Kiss
― The Last Good Kiss
Francesc’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Francesc’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Francesc
Lists liked by Francesc


























































