Goes out for Jochen. He knows why. Some lame here to me (not Leonard's)

[Jochen Stremmel]

Yes, Mark, you are right to distrust him. He's not wrong about Leonard and
some others but what he moans about the opacity of Joyce's novel is marred
because he has the title wrong ...

Two more great first lines from writers I hold in high regard?

The hammertoed friend and advisor of six Presidents wasn't dead, of course.

Frederick J. Frenger, Jr., a blithe psychopath from California, asked the
flight attendant in first class for another glass of champagne and some
writing materials.

2016-02-21 11:51 GMT+01:00 Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>:

> and since he doesn't have GR's opening, nor Herzog, nor Augie March's, I
> distrust his full knowledge anyway. Too many lighter weight writers.
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> http://tylermillerwrites.com/long-reads/my-love-affair-with-hookers-great-1st-lines-in-fiction/
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