[lit-ideas] Re: Hitler-Stalin/Voices of Reluctance (a novel)


>Eric The Everready: Lately I've made friends with people from other countries.

Jeez. Who else have you have invaded while my back's been turned? (On a serious 
note, that the US military act like thuggish murderers can be added to the 
cliche list c/o serving members of the British armed forces in Iraq and 
Afghanistan).

--- On Fri, 14/8/09, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Chapter One. In the Orchard.
> 
> Tommy shoots a blue jay with his twenty-two and feels
> remorse. Julia comforts him by laying her hand on his arm.
> They both smile. Andrew picks up the bird and carries it to
> the edge of the orchard and buries it under a rock. Julia
> weeps. Tommy wonders why there should be sadness in the
> world. He fires his gun at one of the trees. Andrew takes
> the gun from him and buries it beside the dead jay. Julia
> covers the tree's wound with moss. Tommy faints from remorse
> and lies on the rough earth. Andrew kisses Julia. She thinks
> of Scotland.
> 
> Chapter Two. A Misunderstanding.

Shouldn't this be "Ch.2. The Cherry-popping Orchard"?

Donal
Continuity, grip and Best Boy
England




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