Friday, August 27, 2021

Book Excerpt for the Day

    “Is there any reason why the boar attacked Crackling Rosie?”


    “Hard to say.  It could have been territorial; sometimes a pig won’t accept other porcines in its boardom.”


    “What?” I said, puzzled.


    “A king has a kingdom.  Therefore, a boar has a boardom,” Mr. Catt explained, smirking.  “I thought everyone knew that.”



    (from Inspector Hobbes and the Bones by Wilkie Martin)

 

    7½*/10.  The complete review is here.

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