“The Regents Arms was a dingy
little place, the windows covered with a thick layer of black paint, shrouding
the drinkers in dim, artificial light.
After the brightness of a sunny morning it was like stepping into a
tomb. A collection of apostrophes hung
behind the bar – postcards, photographs, plastic ones stolen from shop signs,
all there to make up for the missing one in the pub’s name”. Stuart MacBride ‘Blind Eye’
“Do you really still believe the
popular press and prurient public care about the truth, constable? How sweet.
And where do you stand on the topics of Santa Claus and the Easter
Bunny?” Stuart MacBride “A Dark so
Deadly”
“With the toe of one shoe, she nudged an open pizza carton on the floor. The remaining slice had grown enough mould to qualify as a houseplant.”
Carol O’Connell –‘The Jury Must Die’
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I agree, great reads.
ReplyDeleteAwesome - I must read some! I present for your perusal Bruce Robinson's description of the "Crow & Crown" pub, in "Withnail &I":
ReplyDelete"If the Crow & Crown ever had life, it was dead now. It was like walking into a lung. A sulfur-stained, nicotine-yellow and fly-blown lung. Its landlord was a retired alcoholic with military pretensions and a complexion like the inside of a teapot."
That collection of apostrophes on the pub wall adds just the right amount of quirk!
ReplyDeleteOh, that last comment, enough mould to be a houseplant -- it sounds like someone dug around in our fridge!
ReplyDeleteI have read a few of these too and really enjoyed them.
ReplyDeleteLove UK novels...maybe this will be a new author.
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