Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea has started a fun new meme First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday Intros. This week's intro is from Still Life with Brass Pole by Craig Machen:
Dean is driving the Porsche. In the passenger seat, I am drunk, coked to the gills, stoned and completely at ease. The car belongs to my dad, and so does Dean, figuratively speaking. He is Dad’s lover. Of course, I'm not supposed to know this, so I am having to listen to Dean's smoke screen of make-believe female conquests. And in a bizarre way, Dean's performance, sort of like Jim Jay Bullock doing a Don Johnson impersonation, is making it all that much more fun.
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Kim, This intro makes it sound like the reader is in for quite a ride with this memoir:) It's the first I've heard of it so hoping you will enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteWow, what a beginning. I'll be interested in seeing what you have to say about it. I'm not sure, based on that paragraph, if it's really my type of book.
ReplyDeleteI think it sounds like you are in for a wild ride!
ReplyDeleteLove that COVER! Seriously the title and the cover work to snag me in. Really love it.
ReplyDeleteI have been iffy about picking up this book. I like the first paragraph though. I'm adding it to my wishlist now!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I absolutely love the name of your blog. I'm from Chicago so we have the Metra here. I used to commute to the city every day (Before I had a baby) and I got so much reading time in on the train!