![]() Uncivil Seasons by Michael Malone: "We don't get much snow, and we hardly ever murder one another. Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature." The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley: "When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint just outside of Sonoma, California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring afternoon." Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macaulay: "'Take my camel, dear,' said my Aunt Dot, as she climbed down from this animal on her return from High Mass." ![]() it opens up all the possibilities." And while a good first line doesn't always make a good book, Pearl says the chances are better with a strong opener.īelow are some notable opening lines that have made Pearl's heart pound: "I think when you read a good first line it's like falling in love with somebody," Pearl tells NPR's Steve Inskeep. You can't judge a book by its cover, but librarian Nancy Pearl thinks the first line can tell you a lot. ![]()
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