By Ned Beauman
In the event you haven’t had intercourse in decades, it seems like the worst factor which can ever ensue. If you’re dwelling in Germany within the Nineteen Thirties, it most likely isn’t. yet that’s no comfort to Egon Loeser, whose carnal misfortunes will push him from the experimental theaters of Berlin to the absinthe bars of Paris to the physics laboratories of l. a., attempting the entire whereas to resolve mysteries: was once it rather a take care of devil that claimed the lifetime of his hero, Renaissance set clothier Adriano Lavicini, author of the so-called Teleportation gadget? And why is it good-looking, smart, modest man like him can’t—just as soon as in a while—get himself laid? From Ned Beauman, the writer of the acclaimed Boxer, Beetle, comes a ancient novel that doesn’t understand what yr it's; a noir novel that turns the entire lighting fixtures on; a romance novel that arrives under the influence of alcohol to dinner; a technological know-how fiction novel that can’t keep in mind what isotope capacity; a stunningly artistic, particularly humorous, dangerously unsteady and (largely) coherent novel approximately intercourse, violence, house, time, and the way find out how to care for historical past is to disregard it.
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The Teleportation Accident: A Novel
In the event you haven’t had intercourse in decades, it sounds like the worst factor which can ever ensue. If you’re dwelling in Germany within the Thirties, it most likely isn’t. yet that’s no comfort to Egon Loeser, whose carnal misfortunes will push him from the experimental theaters of Berlin to the absinthe bars of Paris to the physics laboratories of la, making an attempt the entire whereas to unravel mysteries: was once it rather a care for devil that claimed the lifetime of his hero, Renaissance set fashion designer Adriano Lavicini, author of the so-called Teleportation equipment?
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Bonny halted in front of his wife with his boots just short of the water, and for a moment he seemed about to hit her. Then he hesitated, and his gaze fell away from hers, and he scowled across at Shandy. He fumbled a clasp knife out of his pocket—Shandy stepped back, snatching at his own—but when Bonny had unfolded his blade he pressed the point into the tip of his own left forefinger and flicked the blade outward, throwing a couple of drops of blood toward Shandy, and at the same time he began chanting a nonsensical multi-language rhyme.
Beth and I will be jumping ship at the first opportunity. htm (41 of 185) [2/14/2004 1:05:00 AM] ON STRANGER TIDES - Tim Powers would slip—that's soaked into her wood. I've got an uncle who needs hanging. He turned back toward the fires and started walking again, and it occurred to him that he wasn't far from the spot where he'd seen the man with the torn pockets and the bound-up jaw; and the memory of it made him walk a little faster, not because the man had looked threatening, but because of what Davies had said when Shandy told him about it.
Someone was yelling. "Cap'n Davies! " Davies dropped his bottle into the sand. "That's Venner," he said thoughtfully. "How did that move go? " Shandy shut his eyes and pictured it. "Right. " As the two men trudged back toward the fires, Davies pulled a pistol out of his belt. "If Venner plays me square I can handle him," he said quietly. "But if he doesn't, I want you to hang back with this and make sure no—" He stopped talking suddenly and gave a weary laugh. "Never mind. " He put the pistol away and lengthened his stride.