Colonel Sun
Kingsley Amis
"In the course of his career, James Bond had been held up and threatened in this sort of way literally dozens of times—often, as now, by a total stranger."
"In the course of his career, James Bond had been held up and threatened in this sort of way literally dozens of times—often, as now, by a total stranger."
"The veteran controller had worked planes with communications trouble, aircraft that had strayed off course, and even emergencies, but no one had ever disobeyed an instruction before."
"'You won’t let any of the bad people hurt Aunt Alex, will you?' she asked, her features and tone suddenly turning anxious."
"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."
"The Harrow courtroom was in a shabby condition; like so much else it was still waiting for a postwar recovery."