Sweet Death: A NovelTold with dazzling narrative brilliance and the haunting power of an impassioned soliloquy, an astonishing parable of a woman's obsession of sweets and delicacies is seen. A novel of heartstopping intensity, black humor and passion not easily forgotten. |
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My body would then drift along a river of syrup , at whose mouth death would
bring an end to the sticky elasticity of Sundays . I would float in the sweetness of
eternal honey , a candied island released into weightlessness . What should I do
?
My body would then drift along a river of syrup , at whose mouth death would
bring an end to the sticky elasticity of Sundays . I would float in the sweetness of
eternal honey , a candied island released into weightlessness . What should I do
?
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... you scarab , but you can ' t , coprophagous insect , you ' re unable to feed me
sunny stories about the joys of life , unable to tell me I ought to stop , to give up
sugar , and death , unable to find a valid reason for me , so 72 SWEET DEATH.
... you scarab , but you can ' t , coprophagous insect , you ' re unable to feed me
sunny stories about the joys of life , unable to tell me I ought to stop , to give up
sugar , and death , unable to find a valid reason for me , so 72 SWEET DEATH.
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I had worked out my plan for a slow death so carefully , I ' d thought of everything .
. . except the unthinkable , the unexpected , the intrusion of a stranger who would
become intrigued by my project and try to dissuade me from it . " You don ' t ...
I had worked out my plan for a slow death so carefully , I ' d thought of everything .
. . except the unthinkable , the unexpected , the intrusion of a stranger who would
become intrigued by my project and try to dissuade me from it . " You don ' t ...
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