40, WG34, E39, / NG6, D1, Frz0, NA0, B0, C0

Lawrence Block, A Walk among the Tombstones

Dies könnte einer meiner Lieblingsbände der Serie sein, weil es immer wieder aufs Neue faszinierend ist zu lesen, wie Matt Scudder der durchgeknallten Killerduo auf die Schliche kommt, obwohl es anfangs so aussieht als hätte er überhaupt keine Anhaltspunkte. Aber sobald die Kong-Brothers mit TJs Hilfe ins Spiel kommen - eine echt Lieblingsstelle in dem Buch - kommt alles ins Rollen. Immer wieder gut.

Things change, though. They can't do otherwise. If nothings else, they are altered by the sheer fact of their not changing.
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No, do you believe in God?'
'It depends when you ask me.'
'Well today. That's when I'm asking you. Do you believe in God?' I didn't say anything at first, and he said, 'Never mind, I got no right to pry. Sorry.'
'No, I was just trying to come up with an answer. I guess the reason I'm having trouble is I don't think the question's important.'
'It's not important whether there's a God or not?'
'Well, what difference does it make? Either way I've got the day to get through. God or no God, I'm an alcoholic who can't drink safely. What's the difference?'
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'.. Cemetery's weird, man. I can see havin' a stone, tells who's underneath it, but some of 'em has these little houses an' all, fancier than they had when they alive. Would you want something like that?'
'No.'
'Me neither. Just a little stone, don't say nothing on it but TJ.'
'No dates? No full name?'
He shook his head. 'Just TJ,' he said. 'An' maybe my beeper number.'
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(Lawrence Block, A Walk among the Tombstones, 1992)