Sunday, February 25, 2007

 

Mandelay

I read somewhere a while back that the greatest opening line of a novel was

Last night I went to Mandelay again.


And I have to say that while I don't know why, what book it's from or where Mandelay is, it's a pretty great opening line.

# posted by DC @ 5:36 pm
Comments:
"Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier.

But, fine as it is, it's not quite up to 100 Years of Solitude:

Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
# posted by Blogger tom s. : 6:41 pm
 
Thanks for that Tom, that is indeed pretty fine. Rest of that book as good as they say?
# posted by Blogger DC : 8:58 pm
 
I'd have to say no. Great start, brilliant end, but in the middle - one of those books where you think you're missing something. Tried it a second time - same feeling. Maybe it's just me.
# posted by Blogger tom s. : 10:10 pm
 
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