First Couple-Three Pages: 6/11 - ATDTDA (11): 296 - 326 --The Deep Read:

Ya Sam takoitov at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 13 17:08:54 CDT 2007


Thanks Laura, I almost thought I had to rush to watch all the Sopranos 
series in one go.

>3.  The current flat section contains the original sample blurb that was 
>released pre-publication.  Was this truly a random, flip-the-page-and-point 
>selection, or is there some deeper significance to this passage? (p. 
>309-310) starting with "Back in 1899"  Don't remeber where it ends.


I think it was chosen as the shortest set piece. There is some humour as 
well, like 'osteopath' being mistaken for a religious denomination. And I 
like the word 'punkinroller', wonder how much it is used in the US now.

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