Book Excerpt for the Day

    “I’ve left my husband,” she said, “and it’s for real, and I’m never going back.”

    “To him, or to New York?”

    “Neither.”

    “How come?  Is he the mayor?”

    “What?”  She looked blank for a second, and then she laughed.  “It’s all connected in my mind,” she said.  “It’s a journey into independence.  Or does that sound stupid?”

    “No, I can see that,” he said.  “If you’re making a big move, you want to make a move.”

    “Right,” she said.  “If I’m leaving, I’m leaving.”

    “Sure,” he agreed.  “If you’re throwing out the bath water, you might as well throw out the baby.”

    She frowned at him.  “Somehow that doesn’t sound the same.”

    (from Dancing Aztecs by Donald E. Westlake)

 

    9½*/10.  The complete review is here.

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