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Stephen King, Duma Key

Ich kann mich irgendwie noch nicht ganz aufraffen, die ganze Logan McRae-Serie wiederzulesen, und dann drängte sich dieses Buch dazwischen. Ich weiß immer noch nicht, was mich hieran mehr beeindruckt, die Bilder und die missing limb Geschichte, oder Wireman's Sprüche, bzw. überhaupt Wireman - einer von Kings besten Charakteren meiner Ansicht nach. Schon daß er praktisch auf jeder Seite erwähnt wird, bevor er überhaupt in das Leben des Ich-Erzählers tritt, ist bemerkenswert. Und dann noch diese Sprüche.

Wireman says, when it comes to the past we all stack the deck.

In the end we always wear out our worries. That's what Wireman says.

Later, Wireman would tell me God always punishes us for what we can't imagine. That was one of his better ones.

We think we change, but we don't really - that's what Wireman says.

I remember all sorts of things Wireman said, but I believe that's the one I associate with him the most strongly, maybe because I heard him say it before I knew his name or had even shaken his hand: Do the day and let the day do you.

..but we fool ourselves so much, we could do it for a living. That's what Wireman says and he's often right. Probably too often. Even now.

(aus: Stephen King, Duma Key, 2008)