Dark, dirty, unboiled, unapologetic, direct, no bullshit novels.
No intros, no descriptions. I throw away most novels after reading
the first 3 sentences and being already bored.
Here is something from a writer that I love and hits exactly my nerve:
It began as a mistake.
It was Christmas season and I learned from the drunk up the hill, who did the trick every Christmas,
that they would hire damned near anybody, and so I went and the next thing I knew I had this leather
sack on my back and was hiking around at my leisure. What a job, I thought. Soft! They only gave you
a block or two and if you managed to finish, the regular carrier would give you another block to carry,
or maybe you’d go back in and the soup would give you another, but you just took your time
and shoved those Xmas cards in the slots."
