former Plister's FB post.

[Jochen Stremmel]

"quick as a first-year lit wanker" – that's priceless.

Thanks Mark. Bruen is a good man. I'm sure she knows Brookmyre, too.

2017-12-10 22:20 GMT+01:00 Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>:

>
> The Mrs teaches reading, devours crime fiction, is now on an Irish kick.
> From Ken Bruen's "The Ghosts of Galway":
>
> A distinguished-looking guy in a dressing gown was looking lost and
> trailing an IV. Hard to look impressive in that gear but he managed. He
> asked,
>
> "is there an area for smoking?"
>
> Not anymore.
>
> I said,
>
> "Not anymore"
>
> He said,
>
> "Life is full of irony. I had not smoked for years then, with this health
> scare, I started again and now there is is nowhere you can actually
> practice the foul deed."
>
> I said,
>
> "Go ahead, I'll deal with the fallout."
>
> He looked at me anew, said,
>
> "That is awfully generous of you. This world needs more of your thinking."
>
> I seriously doubted that.
>
> He lit up, dragged deep like only a former smoker can, guilt and relief
> dancing the waltz of addiction. He gasped,
>
> "My word, that is good."
>
> Then reveled in the hit, said,
>
> "Inherent vice."
>
> Quick as a first-year lit wanker, I said,
>
> "Thomas Pynchon."
>
> He was impressed, said,
>
> "Erudite too."
>
> I gave an enigmatic smile as if I knew what that even meant.
> [image: Image may contain: hat and text]
>
> <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1675996095785974&set=gm.2048317428737044&type=3>
>
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