Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Teaser Tuesdays

• Grab your current read.
• Let the book fall open to a random page.
• Share with us two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page.
• You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from. That way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Please avoid spoilers!

The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
Page 313 - He was on the short side, and thin, and even then he must already have been close to fifty, but more than once I saw him stand up all alone to some of Congreesman Martínez Zamora's gunmen, saw how he looked them straight in the eye, never reaching for the Colt in his underarm holster, though it's true his jacket was unbuttoned, and I saw how the gunmen shriveled under his gaze and then I saw them back away, murmuring excuse me, mi general, the congressman must have made a mistake, mi general. An honest-to-God man if there ever was one, General Diego Carvajal, and a lover of literature and the arts, although he said himself, he didn't learn to read until he was eighteen years old.

2 comments:

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

That was a nice long teaser. I now want to hear more!!!!! Enjoy

Unknown said...

This book is on my tbr list along with one or two other books by Bolano. The teaser is very intriguing - I want to go out an pick up the book now!
I hope you're enjoying it!

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