BEER, Who Wants to Know? narratorial thread

[John Bailey]

Yeah. I think it's a nice move to have the second sentence of a novel
throw a kind of "whadda YOU lookin' at?" right back at the reader.
Sets up a tone that's the opposite of the laid-back Inherent Vice.

On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 12:43 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> When I hear Max say this it clearly feel like a challenge aimed at a
> potential inquisitor or judge.  Sorta like, "who the fuck are you to *think*
> about questioning my motives."  An aggressive defense. Rather than paranoia,
> which usually provokes retreat,  this speaks to me of standing one's ground.
>
>
> On Sunday, October 13, 2013, David Morris wrote:
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>> On Sunday, October 13, 2013, Rich Clavey wrote:
>>>
>>> When I hear the phrase "who wants to know?", that's when I reach for my
>>> revolver...paranoid that I am, the first thing I think of is the information
>>> gatherers on the net, you know, google facebook that lot.
>>> Rich
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