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Daggerology

gervase_fen May 09, 2014 00:54

( Contains more crime than I could ever read. And a dig at a BBC4 regular. )

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Film 2014 : The Blue Parrot (1953)

gervase_fen May 05, 2014 00:52

( “You wouldn’t have expected to find a dame like me in a joint like this” )

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Disordered Shelves : The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen (2012)

gervase_fen Mar 29, 2014 17:15

( They divvied up the money in Racine, just across the state line… Ten thousand apiece. Even split. Ten thousand from the Warner job and ten thousand from Kansas City made twenty for the month. Add it to the twenty-five or so from the September jobs and you had the making of a decent autumn. )

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Disordered Shelves : Ace, King, Knave by Maria McCann (2013)

gervase_fen Mar 24, 2014 12:04

( Betsy-Ann squeezes the cards together. The edges must be precise, just... She prepares, takes a deep breath, tenses. Springs them. They drop to the table, turning over as they go. )

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Disordered Shelves : Rustication by Charles Palliser (2013)

gervase_fen Feb 18, 2014 13:11

( “Although the morning had seemed to promise fair, the sky grew dark at midday and there came distant rumblings like cannon fire across the marshes. The wind hit the house like a blow from a giant. Doors slammed in distant rooms and the old casements of the windows rattled as if the house were full of frightened strangers.” )

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Film 2014 : The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)

gervase_fen Feb 15, 2014 17:08

( Randall and Hoskins (At Sea) )

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Film 2014 : The Angry Silence (1960)

gervase_fen Feb 12, 2014 10:03

( “It don’t do to step out of line these days - we’re all so equal, we’re nothing” )

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Film 2014 : Crook's Tour (1941)

gervase_fen Feb 05, 2014 17:55

( “How can I think of my unveiling and serve the Fuhrer at the same time?” )

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Film 2014 : The First of the Few (1942)

gervase_fen Jan 31, 2014 01:01

( “History is only important while it is being made.” )

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Film 2014 : The Night My Number Came Up (1955)

gervase_fen Jan 27, 2014 00:47

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