Death in a Strange Country
Metadata
- Author: Donna Leon
- ASIN: B0125SF806
- ISBN: 0099469375
- Reference: https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B0125SF806
- Kindle link
Highlights
jokes about the table manners of Doctor Johnson (shocking), the conversation of Melville (scurrilous), and the amount Jane Austen drank (stunning). — location: 553
all fucking limp
soap operas — location: 872
telenovelas
gauge of the state of his being. When he felt good, they hardly seemed to be there; when he felt tired, his legs counted out each of the ninety-four. Tonight, someone had clearly slipped in an extra flight or two. — location: 1469
lol the writing is so bad. here more repetition.
people dressed in T-shirts, jeans, shorts. — location: 1584
:(
The front page carried a story about a hurricane that had swept its way through a place called Biloxi, a city he believed to be in Bangladesh. No, in America, but how could that name be explained? — location: 1927
what the actual fuck
At the top, the stairs jogged off to the left and rose up, in two steep flights, to the next floor. A door awaited him there, which he unlocked and closed behind him. Another flight, these dangerous and steep. They doubled back above themselves and carried him up the last twenty-five steps to the door of his apartment. He unlocked the door and let himself in, finally home. — location: 1953
are you serious
The spicy odour of some omnisexual cologne — location: 2153
????
If they were in love, this would be a beautiful place to be. Himself his own editor, he corrected that to read, if they were in love, anywhere would be beautiful. — location: 3254
jesus
Signorino Ruffolo had another thought coming if — location: 3943
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