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PCLoadLetter · Feb 21, 2009

Moderator1 said:

Chapter 4

Then Quirk knocked on the door.
Whaddya got, he said?
Nuthin, I said, lying only a little.
Then I hammered Susan again. She made little murmur sounds while Pearl spun in circles on the floor.
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Chapter 5

My client stopped by the office for an update. I had nothing to tell her, so I was extremely rude and made condescending, smart ass remarks. But she had the kind of legs I like -- feet on one end, and...
"Sleep with me," she said.
I glanced out the window at the college kids walking along the river. I could see Hawk approaching the building carrying a Chianti and a Judy Garland record, his head like a glistening black pearl in the sun.
"Sorry," I said.

Moderator1 · Feb 22, 2009

Chapter 6

Hawk entered, humming a little Judy. He poured some wine. He nodded in the direction of the door through which my client had just exited.
Doing that, he asked?
No, I told him.
"I will," he said.

Huggy · Feb 22, 2009

Good work, boys. Better than any Spenser book I've read in ages. Keep it up!

Moderator1 · Feb 22, 2009

Thanks. We probably ought to move it to another thread, though, in case anyone checks this one for, you know, actual book suggestions.

PCLoadLetter · Feb 22, 2009

Moderator1 said:

Thanks. We probably ought to move it to another thread, though, in case anyone checks this one for, you know, actual book suggestions.
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Besides, we've already exceeded the length of the typical Spenser book these days.

Moderator1 · Feb 22, 2009

Well, almost. We didn't close.

Susan lay with her head on my chest, murmuring and mumbling after another session of lovemaking with my manly self. I lay there, Pearl by my side as well, and thought, "I can't believe how much money I make off this shit."

Ric Flair guy · Feb 23, 2009

Gang Leader for a Day. Very good read about a sociologist that befriends a Chicago gang leader and studies how gangs and other "community leaders" affiliated with them both help and hurt poor people.

Ben_Hecht · Feb 24, 2009

writing irish said:

Ben_Hecht said:

My sig other bought me The Chicagoan, a loving monument to the short-lived New Yorker knockoff which centered around the City of Wind in the late '20s-early '30s. Excerpts, a ton of covers, the reproduction of one entire issue, etc., etc., etc.
Anyone here of a certain age who loves the city in question will wonder how they
ever lived without this volume, after spending about ten minutes with it. Have
already isolated enough signature lines to last me for the next ten years.
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Any Cubs or Black Hawks stuff in there?
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Some great stuff on both hardball teams. The powers that be were more sports-oriented than the New Yorker was or ever will be. But if there's any Black Hawks stuff in there, I haven't come upon it, yet.

Webster · Feb 26, 2009

Reading "The Billionaire's Vinegar" about a con artist peddling fake bottles of very old and rare French wine, including those which he claimed belonged to Thomas Jefferson. A pretty interesting and fun little read.

Beaker · Feb 27, 2009

Webster said:

Reading "The Billionaire's Vinegar" about a con artist peddling fake bottles of very old and rare French wine, including those which he claimed belonged to Thomas Jefferson. A pretty interesting and fun little read.
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I thought that would be a fun read, but I had trouble getting into it--but maybe it was just because I'm not really a wine kind of guy.

The Big Ragu · Feb 27, 2009

PCLoadLetter said:

Moderator1 said:

Lehane is excellent, I enjoyed that book. He probably tops my must-read list.
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I loved Lehane's work through "Mystic River." After that he decided he was a Very Serious Writer and quite eagerly shat on the crime fiction genre every chance he got, and that really turned me off. I should pick up the new one, though. He's still a damn good writer.

For other fans of crime fiction -- Moddy, I'm looking at you here -- pick up "Beat the Reaper" by Josh Bazell, a doctor and first time novelist. He actually wrote "Beat the Reaper" during his internship. Best thing I've read in a long, long time. The main character is a former mob hitman who goes into witness relocation and becomes a doctor. Haven't laughed this hard at a book since early Hiaasen. The review blurbs are from Connelly, Crais and Coben -- three of my favorites, and I think this is better than they have done in a while.

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I just read this based on your post. It was a really fun book. Fast-paced, funny and a little different. Bazell has a great imagination.

Webster · Feb 27, 2009

Beaker said:

Webster said:

Reading "The Billionaire's Vinegar" about a con artist peddling fake bottles of very old and rare French wine, including those which he claimed belonged to Thomas Jefferson. A pretty interesting and fun little read.
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I thought that would be a fun read, but I had trouble getting into it--but maybe it was just because I'm not really a wine kind of guy.
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I'm a wine guy, and as I read more, one of the issues which is dizzying is that there are so many vintages and wines which are thrown at you. The author tried to simplyify a bit, but it is still really confusing.

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