Thursday, 7 July 2011

Brief Resting Place


       The Inn hung on. Sinking gradually from second-rate to disreputable. It became the scene of weekend parties from Long Beach and Los Angeles, haunt of racetrack touts, brief resting place for touring stock-companies and itinerant salesmen. My work had taken me there more than once.

Meet Me at the Morgue
Ross Macdonald
1953

1 comment:

  1. excelent book meet me at the morgue. very chandleresque.

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