Andrew Klavan Does it Again
Peter Robinson ·
September 27, 2012 at 11:42pm
Just received the galleys of Drew Klavan's latest novel, A Killer in the Wind. Has anyone ever composed a more completely intriguing first sentence?
Maybe it was the dark house on the edge of town, the murderer waiting for me inside, but I thought about the ghosts that night, that last April night before they all came back to haunt me.
Although the book won't be published until January--in time, Drew would insist, for the inauguration of President Romney--you can pre-order it now.
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Sep '12
Re: Andrew Klavan Does it Again
Kudos to Andrew! Yet (& I think he might agree), I remain partial to the opening sentence of Walker Percy's Lancelot:
"Come into my cell."
Again, congratulations Andrew!
May '12
Re: Andrew Klavan Does it Again
I sometime wonder how authors come up with titles for their books. Was he listening song lyrics on the radio looking for a good line where he could replace a word with "killer" maybe then Elton John started playing?
Edited on September 28, 2012 at 6:25amJan '12
Re: Andrew Klavan Does it Again
Yes, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, to name two...
Mar '11
Re: Andrew Klavan Does it Again
Among non-immortal first lines, I’m partial to Peter DeVries’ opener for I Hear America Swinging: “I had just been through hell and must have looked like death warmed over walking into the saloon, because when I asked the bartender whether they served zombies he said, ‘Sure, what’ll you have?’”
Aug '12
Re: Andrew Klavan Does it Again
A wonderful opening line! And "Come into my cell." Is fantastic too, but I've always loved the opening --- "The small boys came early to the hanging." The beginning of Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth.