100 Best First Lines from Novels

[malignd at aol.com]

It's a grossly overrated book.


To be honest, I found this first sentence so unpleasant that it put me off 
(rightly or wrongly) from reading the book.  Maybe a book shouldn't be judged by 
its cover, but the first sentence seems fair game -- the author's got complete 
control.







 



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