Friday, May 05, 2017

Book Excerpt for the Day


    “He’s a shrewd cookie, Philly Nine, always was.  Mad as a hatter, too, of course.”

    “I see.”  Jane sat down on a desperately fragile Tang-dynasty vase, the molecular structure of which Kiss was able to beef up just in the nick of time.  “So he’s dangerous.”

    “You might say that,” Kiss responded, spitting out apple pips, “if you were prone to ludicrous understatements.  If midwinter at the South Pole is a bit nippy and the Third Reich was, on balance, not a terribly good idea, then yes, Philly Nine is dangerous.  Apart from that, a more charming fellow you couldn’t hope to meet.  Plays the harpsichord.”

    (from Djinn Rummy by Tom Holt)

     8½*/10.  The full review is here.
.

No comments: