The Second Sleep
Robert Harris
"Something woke him. He was not sure what. The room was in such darkness that between his eyes being shut and open there was no difference."
"Something woke him. He was not sure what. The room was in such darkness that between his eyes being shut and open there was no difference."
"That’s the cops’ number and I mean it as a joke, because I seriously doubt someone could be that dense, but Ducky’s already tapping in the number, then turns around without a word and starts back towards the car."
"The cars parked on the narrow lane have begun to nod in the surge of jostling men who have come to see the fallen building."
"'We’re lucky we found spots to sit down,' Verlaque said, ripping off a piece of bread and dipping into some eggplant Parmesan the Italians had made."
"For ten years, Esme had hosted the weekly dinner at her house on Raven Lane."
"I have six brothers and sisters, he said. The eldest, Carmine, died on 8 July 1884 at 11.23 p.m. She was a nurse, as you are, and I suppose the person I loved more than any other."
"In her late 40s, she looks younger and more fit than she deserves, and it isn’t fair."
"Andrew was entering his third month of unemployment when he sat down at his computer and opened the inbox of his LinkedIn account."
"A skeleton walked in Gorky Park. Supported by rods and wires, it followed the whim of a technician manipulating a remote control."
"For five days I resisted the temptation to return to Oggebbio, where it seemed I’d scented one of the lake’s many hidden mysteries"
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