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Thursday, October 17, 2019

Review: La poltrona n° 30

La poltrona n° 30 La poltrona n° 30 by Ellery Queen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Buoni investigatori si nasce, non si diventa. Come tutti i geni, essi non sgorgano da una polizei bene addestrata…
(pagina 190)

Il perfetto criminale è un superuomo. Deve essere meticoloso nelle sue tecniche: sfuggente, invisibile, un lupo solitario. Non deve avere né amici né persone che dipendano da lui.
(pagina 259)

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Sunday, October 6, 2019

Review: Hard Times

Hard Times Hard Times by Charles Dickens
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Dickens, it seems, repeatedly leans to the mass of the people, then draws back, because to commit himself would have been to wake up from the dream of harmony between classes.
(Introduction, page 35)

The indefatigable Mrs Sparsit, with a violetn cold upon her, her voice reduced to a whisper, and her stately frame so racked by continual sneezes that it seemed in danger of dismemberment…
(page 257)

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