Lovers are often like castaways on a fragile raft in an ocean of famished sharks. They clasp together, one to the other, as the fibrous bindings that held the palmtree trunks come loose and fray, and rough gunmetal muzzles of the killers begin to nudge their vessel from its course.
Well, I think it would be actually correct to condemn it as over-purple *in isolation* but it's also there to signal a transition between hardboiled noir and fable that justifies its presence IMO
In the best tradition of slobby middle-aged action heroes from history. Insider info - he was kinda designed to be a slobby rundown version of Richard Roundtree from Shaft, with more the look of Ron O'Neal from Super Fly.
The parallels with contemporary authoritarian America are intentional...
Though it has to be said that ICE isn't really that interested in collecting information, just in brutalizing people. They are far from intelligence work in every possible way.
Very true, but there are "smart gangsters" like Don Vito Corleone and then there are dumb brutal fucks like Luca Brassi, and ICE thugs have Brassi all over them.
Damn! That was riveting.
Thank you so much Rosie!
Lovers are often like castaways on a fragile raft in an ocean of famished sharks. They clasp together, one to the other, as the fibrous bindings that held the palmtree trunks come loose and fray, and rough gunmetal muzzles of the killers begin to nudge their vessel from its course.
Poetry! Right off the bat.
curses made of nothing but consonants
Thank you so much Alex - a little forced maybe? Could be, I could see 'serious critics' shooting that passage down in flames as overwrought.
I’d have somethings to say to those critics
Well, I think it would be actually correct to condemn it as over-purple *in isolation* but it's also there to signal a transition between hardboiled noir and fable that justifies its presence IMO
Epic. My reading got interrupted but I got back to it. Couldn’t wait. Wagner at the end—be still my heart.
Ron is a badass.
In the best tradition of slobby middle-aged action heroes from history. Insider info - he was kinda designed to be a slobby rundown version of Richard Roundtree from Shaft, with more the look of Ron O'Neal from Super Fly.
WELL NOW IM IMAGINING HIM AS HOT
You be the judge
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gTlq12ROVlMK8k6n8zgOChGW3bA8g_PP/view?usp=sharing
Gorgeous
Quite the honey ain’t he? But he’s sadly with the angels now. Try to console yourself as best you can and soldier on as you may…
"...we in Special Crimes can make anyone talk about anything… whenever we want to..."
So can ICE...
The parallels with contemporary authoritarian America are intentional...
Though it has to be said that ICE isn't really that interested in collecting information, just in brutalizing people. They are far from intelligence work in every possible way.
That line is something gangsters might say, and they sure act like gangsters...
Very true, but there are "smart gangsters" like Don Vito Corleone and then there are dumb brutal fucks like Luca Brassi, and ICE thugs have Brassi all over them.
And Tommy DeVito from “Goodfellas”.