I know, I know. I've got thousands of books...and and I've only read about half of them. And I probably only have a decade or so (at best) left on this planet. And the library has tons of books I want to read, including this one.
But in my defense, (1) I have intended to read some Wilkie Collins ever since my Dickens binge, when I found out that they were buds and even wrote stuff together, (2) it was only $4, and (3) who could resist that pulpy cover? Not me. And since I'm struggling a bit...a BIG bit...with Zombie Capitalism (my current DDR)...I thought it might be fun to make this my side hustle. (Well...ONE of my side hustles.)
So let the games begin.
News as it happens.
Oh, by the way, I went online to see how much other people were selling this book for and was astonished at how many different covers there were. This book has been published many, many times. Check THIS out.
And oh oh...there's also a movie. And the LFPL's got it. (Soon I will, too.)
Breaking News
I've been taking it slow (as I am also reading Zombie Capitalism, Black Ice, Winter, and five books--four of them religious--with my daughter every day), but I'm enjoying this book quite a bit...and looking forward to watching the movie (which I just picked up from the library today). There have been a few moments whuch brought me up short, though. Such as when the narrator refers to two young, buxom girls as "the Bouncers.) 😶 Or, even more inappropriately, when a group of Indians (dot, not arrow),obviously innocent (can't tell you of what as that would be a spoiler), are kept in jail for a week, Just In Case, and the narrator's only comment on this travesty of justice is, "Every human institution, Justice included, will stretch a little, if you only pull it the right way." Yowza. That's some ice cold shit, man.
And how's this for some real haha? "The cook looked as if she could grill Mr. Superintendent alive on a furnace, and the other women looked as if they could eat him when he was done." (69) That is really 😁.
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