Thursday, November 18, 2021

Book Excerpt for the Day

    The Boss sighed.  Everything was getting messier and messier.  First Bolt disappeared, and in retrospect, the Boss had to admit that he should not have taken out his frustration on Bucket and Caracas.  And then Bucket disappeared and the Boss in retrospect had to admit that he should not have taken out his frustration on Caracas.  And then Caracas disappeared — to buy a watermelon.  And the Boss now in retrospect had to admit that he … should never have whacked him over the head with the melon.



    (from The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson)

 

    8*/10.  The complete review is here.

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