True Fiction
Lee Goldberg
"Ian Ludlow finished reading aloud from his book and smiled, pleased with the last line and with himself for being clever enough to write it."
"Ian Ludlow finished reading aloud from his book and smiled, pleased with the last line and with himself for being clever enough to write it."
"Even when I’m doing something enjoyable, it seems death and destruction lurk nearby. I might not recognize those dual demons right away, but they’re out there."
"The Harrow courtroom was in a shabby condition; like so much else it was still waiting for a postwar recovery."
"The bizarre laboratory of Professor Tsujikawa stood on top of a pillar towering at least nine metres high, as if competing with the surrounding keyaki trees which had lost their leaves."
"The boy had not had a day without a headache in weeks."
"The troubles with binge drinking had always been manifold."
"There hadn't been a suicide note. The victim remains resolutely tight‑lipped, stone‑cold silent; the best and the worst witness of her end."
"He was a dead man and he knew it."
"Fiona glanced up and watched him. It was hard not to, she had to admit."
"It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you."
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