Posted by: Epicurean on: September 27, 2010
Former lovers feel the heat … The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene They kissed as formally now when they met as a brother and sister. When the damage was done adultery became as unimportant as friendship. The flame had licked them and gone on across the clearing: it had left nothing standing except [...]
Posted by: Epicurean on: September 16, 2010
A Glaswegian edge to meeting the girlfriend’s parents … Laidlaw by William McIlvanney Lunch had been trying to converse with Christmas crackers. Her parents talked in mottoes. ‘Too many people worship money nowadays.’ ‘What you never had, you never miss.’ And Harkness’s favourite:’ God helps those who help themselves.’ It was a while since he [...]
Posted by: Epicurean on: September 4, 2010
A small-time con artist gets all philosophical in classic crime noir from the 1950s … The Grifters by Jim Thompson Roy had his delayed dinner in a downtown restaurant. He ate hungrily, telling himself, and doubtless meaning it, that it was good to be eating in a restaurant. It was what he was used to. The [...]
