I saw you sleeping with your coat on a hill

[sovay]

From time_shark, a meme. I can't remember if I have done this one before.

Grab the book nearest you. Right now. Turn to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post that sentence along with these instructions in your LiveJournal. Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

"They are a form of armadillo, enlarged wood-lice."
—Jane Gardam, Old Filth (2004)

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[clarionj.livejournal.com]

Old Filth? I'm curious about that title. And wood-lice now. And well, why not think about armadillos all day?

Oh, what one line can do. Unless the one line comes from my closest book which is The Chicago Manual of Style, with the line reading, "Although industry practice in this area is evolving, the fundamental need is clear: persistent, citable, permanent identifiers for electronic content." Though I guess I like "fundamental need" and "permanent identifiers." I could take that further.

[sovay]

I'm curious about that title.

It's the nickname of the protagonist, the retired judge and lawyer Sir Edward Feathers—the acronym stands for "Failed In London, Try Hong Kong." It's an often very funny novel, in a sort of dryly commenting way, that turns out to be heartbreaking; it's about the secret lives coiled up inside people that no one ever looks at, not even themselves. The writing style is amazing, half third-person detachment, half scrolling stream-of-consciousness, shifting back and forth like the nonlinear memory-and-desire timeline of Feathers' life. It's not a history of the twentieth century, either, but of necessity the two are knotted up together. In short, it was wonderful: I pulled it off the shelf on impulse in Porter Square Books and I love it. I recommend.

"Although industry practice in this area is evolving, the fundamental need is clear: persistent, citable, permanent identifiers for electronic content." Though I guess I like "fundamental need" and "permanent identifiers." I could take that further.

Yes. Give me a story from The Chicago Manual of Style!

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that does sound good. I've another to add to my list.

Haha, yes ... and where did you get your inspiration for this story, Ms. Esposito? I'd love to say Chicago Manual of Style.

Thank you too, via other post, for your vampire encouragement; I'm working on the old novel now, but I thought about those vampire guys in my Jake story and sometimes I want Jake to visit Physician again, just to see what other tales he wants to reenact. But I'm afraid of that guy.