Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Book Excerpt for the Day


    She spun around in a circle, pulling at her hair, crying for help in Cantonese.  Tears streamed down her face as she ran from one gate to another, pounding to be let inside, for someone to rescue her.

    As with many such places, she understood there was an unspoken relationship between the store-owners and the prostitutes who prowled this lower level, defined by the mutually beneficial flow of commerce.
    The shops drew prospective clients, while the prostitutes lured potential shoppers.

    The great circle of life.

    (from The Eye of God by James Rollins)

    8*/10.  The complete review is here.
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