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lil  ·  4112 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 2nd Bi-Weekly Give Me a Quote from Something You've Been Reading Lately

    the company of thieves, derelicts, miscreants, pariahs, poltroons, spalpeens, curmudgeons, clotpolls, murderers, gamblers, bawds, whores, trulls, brigands, topers, tosspots, sots and archsots, lobcocks, smellsmocks, runagates, rakes, and other assorted and felonious debauchees.
smellsmocks? I can only imagine. - a notable list of lowlifers. Suttree's defence sounds like my mayor (Toronto's Rob Ford)'s defense for smoking crack: "probably in one of my drunken stupors."





Kaius  ·  4111 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hah, quite a character!

I only picked up Suttree after I read Roger Ebert article. It took McCarthy something like 20 years to write and it kinda shows as it is a little disjointed but its fully of harsh imagery beautifully described.

lil  ·  4111 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That is some article by Ebert. RIP, Roger.