Sweet Death: A NovelOverlook Press, 1987 - 130 pages Told 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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... Cracker Jacks from a big cellophane bag , I offered her some while her mother looked on suspiciously . A game sprang up between us . At first it was tacitly understood that we would crunch the sweetened popcorn in the same rhythm before ...
... Cracker Jacks from a big cellophane bag , I offered her some while her mother looked on suspiciously . A game sprang up between us . At first it was tacitly understood that we would crunch the sweetened popcorn in the same rhythm before ...
Page 52
... Cracker Jacks . I didn't get to laugh any more . All the same , it was a pleasant day . Quartier Latin . Rue de la Harpe . I eat frantically , picking and choosing as I please from the mountains of Tunisian pastries dripping with honey ...
... Cracker Jacks . I didn't get to laugh any more . All the same , it was a pleasant day . Quartier Latin . Rue de la Harpe . I eat frantically , picking and choosing as I please from the mountains of Tunisian pastries dripping with honey ...
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