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Usa, Californien, Santa Teresa, ca 1987
Kinsey Millhone er privatdetektiv og 38 år gammel. Hun har været gift to gange. Hun er raget uklar med et forsikringsselskab, California Fidelity, hun arbejdede for tidligere, så nu har hun kontor hos sagførerfirmaet Kingman & Ives og laver lidt for
Kinseys husvært Henry er 83 år gammel og hans storebror William på 85 år kommer af og til på besøg og er en plage med evindelig snak om sygdom og død. Hans andre søskende er Lewis på 88, Charlie på 91 og en søster, der har fødselsdag den 31 december og er 94. Det lokale værtshus hedder Rosie's og værtinden Rosie er ungarerinde og i tresserne.
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Ganske velskrevet og spændende krimi. Jeg er ikke helt dus med oversættelsen. Der er en hel del om arkitekter, fordi flere af personerne er arkitekter.
Kinsey Millhone er privatdetektiv og 38 år gammel. Hun har været gift to gange. Hun er raget uklar med et forsikringsselskab, California Fidelity, hun arbejdede for tidligere, så nu har hun kontor hos sagførerfirmaet Kingman & Ives og laver lidt for
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advokaten Lonnie Kingman. Hun overtager en sag fra Morley Shine, der var i slutningen af tresserne og faldt død om af et hjerteanfald dagen før. Kenneth Voigt har engageret sagførerfirmaet til at genere en David Barney. David blev frifundet i retten for at have dræbt Isabelle Barney, der var Kenneth Voigts ekskone. Men nu er det jo USA og man kan godt lave civile søgsmål mod folk, der er frikendt for at have gjort noget strafbart. (Spørg fx O. J. Simpson). Hun starter med at kigge Morleys papirer igennem. De er noget rodede, så hun starter forfra med at opsøge Isabelles søster, Simone Orr. Hun har også lige snakket med en Curtis McIntyre, der påstår at have hørt David Barney lige efter frifindelsen prale med at han var skyldig. Hun synes ikke det lyder sandsynligt. Simone og Isabelle var tveæggede tvillinger. Næste på listen er Peter Weidmann, som er arkitekt og hvor David og Isabelle mødte hinanden. Isabelle havde et naturtalent for at tegne huse, som folk kan lide at bo i, så hun fik succes og blev rig. David var gift med en Laura før, men de blev skilt og så lænede David sig op af Isabelles succes. Peter er gift med Yolanda og de er begge gået på pension.Kinseys husvært Henry er 83 år gammel og hans storebror William på 85 år kommer af og til på besøg og er en plage med evindelig snak om sygdom og død. Hans andre søskende er Lewis på 88, Charlie på 91 og en søster, der har fødselsdag den 31 december og er 94. Det lokale værtshus hedder Rosie's og værtinden Rosie er ungarerinde og i tresserne.
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Ganske velskrevet og spændende krimi. Jeg er ikke helt dus med oversættelsen. Der er en hel del om arkitekter, fordi flere af personerne er arkitekter.
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[Kbh.] : Peter Asschenfeldts nye Forlag, 2000.
Description
Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:A Kinsey Millhone mystery. . . Fired by the insurance agency for whom she investigates, Kinsey is forced to take on a last-minute murder investigation in which the ex-husband of a murdered artist claims that David Barney, her current husband, is guilty as sin. Barney gets to Kinsey and insists he's innocent. But if he is, who's guilty? In trying to learn who's been getting away with murder, Kinsey may be courting her own....
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Une histoire sans faille et une héroïne sacrément attachante
Aside from a duel-to-the-death showdown with the killer, there's not much personal peril for Kinsey here. But in the course of her investigation she manages, as always, to fall into step with a steady parade of singular, astutely observed characters — from a recovering teenage alcoholic to a
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User reviews
LibraryThing member reading_fox
Evidence. An old murder is re-opened as a civil suit, Kinsey is tasked to find some evidence for the prosecution amoung the architects of Santa Terisa, but everything she finds seems to point towards the defense! Surely there's a loose end somewhere.
Random Subplot: the appearance of William,
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Random Subplot: the appearance of William,
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Henry's brother with health complaints and his subsiquent courting of Rosie. .
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LibraryThing member lcrouch
Although not great literature, and the reader/narrator is incredibly annoying, this was an entertaining read that did not require a lot of the reader.
LibraryThing member bakersfieldbarbara
In the middle of a civil suit, the pi drops dead. Millhone is hired and the excitement begins. As usual, this book is intricately plotted and will baffle even the cleverest reader as to who done what. Don't miss this one.
LibraryThing member miyurose
Another winner from Ms. Grafton. I was afraid I would be bored with this series by now, but I'm still getting pulled into these. The past 2 have been excellent. I like a book that makes me make time to read it.
LibraryThing member riverwillow
One of my problems with this series is that I just don't care enough about the central character, Kinsey Millhone, for the series to completely work for me. The good news is that as this a genre, formulaic series this works quite well and provides a quick read which passes the time beautifully. The
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story is well plotted with enough twists and turns to keep the reader's mind engaged and everything just does about pull together at the end. Show Less
LibraryThing member ffortsa
Having lost her arrangement with California Fidelity, Kinsey has moved her office to Lonnie Kingman's legal offices. When Morley Shine dies before finishing Lonnie's investigative assignment, Kinsey picks it up, searching for the truth of a 6 year old murder amid the wealthy and artistic set. In
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the meantime, Henry's brother William has come to visit, along with his intense hypochondria, driving Henry crazy and attracting the attentions of, of all people, Rosie. An enjoyable, well-written puzzle with a nice twist. Show Less
LibraryThing member libraryman_76021
Well, so far this is the best of the series. Kinsey is still recovering from being ousted from her previous workspace at California Fidelity and takes a case with her new landlord, attorney Lonnie Kingman. Unfortunately for her, the case -- a civil suit filed by Lonnie's client against the man
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acquitted of a six-year-old murder -- doesn't go quite as planned. Show Less
LibraryThing member MathildeB
Since Kinsey Millhone was fired by California Fidelity Insurance, Kinsey lost her usual swagger. And her new case is not easy. Attorney Lonnie Kingman is going to court in a civil suit in three weeks when his P.I. drops dead of a heart attack. With the statute of limitations running out, Kinsey has
Now her ex-husband is suing Barney for Isabelle's estate, claiming the jury made a big mistake.
Things get complicated when Barney gets to Kinsey, insisting he's innocent. Everything he says checks out. But if David Barney is innocent, who's guilty?
I would recommend this book mostly for adults or teenagers at least 14. I think this is a good book, but for the reader to enjoy this book you must like mystery and suspense and like Scott Turow’s writing method.
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to tie up the loose ends of a murder investigation. The victim, an artist named Isabelle Barney had been shot with a .38; her husband David Barney, was released off the murder. Now her ex-husband is suing Barney for Isabelle's estate, claiming the jury made a big mistake.
Things get complicated when Barney gets to Kinsey, insisting he's innocent. Everything he says checks out. But if David Barney is innocent, who's guilty?
I would recommend this book mostly for adults or teenagers at least 14. I think this is a good book, but for the reader to enjoy this book you must like mystery and suspense and like Scott Turow’s writing method.
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LibraryThing member kaulsu
Murder with a twist that I should have suspected since it was so unexpected. Turns out the murderer was totally vile--
Henry's brother William comes for a visit, driving Henry insane...but not to worry, Rosa she fix it.
Henry's brother William comes for a visit, driving Henry insane...but not to worry, Rosa she fix it.
LibraryThing member bookworm12
Kinsey is back for another adventure in her life as a private investigator. She’s been kicked out of her former offices, California Fidelity, and she’s started and new partnership with a local lawyer, Lonnie Kingman. She’s helping him investigate his cases in exchange for rent-free office
Morley Shine, a fellow P.I., dies and Kinsey takes over a 6-year-old cold case he had been working on. She’s trying to help Kingman find evidence against a man accused of killing his wealthy wife, but the details don’t quite add up. Soon she finds herself in the middle of a bigger mystery than she’d originally bargained for. A hit and run, shots fired through a peep-hole in a door, poisonous mushrooms and her landlord’s hypochondriac brother all complicate matters.
As with all the Kinsey Millhone books, if you like the series, you’ll like this. If you don’t, this one is no different. I love having these books as a break or buffer between some of the bigger, meatier classic or modern lit books that I enjoy. They are a great palette cleanser. If I read Henry James and then dive straight into Edith Wharton, the two tend to blur in my mind. Having a quick mystery with the no-nonsense Kinsey is a perfect buffer.
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space. The only drawback is the struggle to keep her investigative methods above board. If called to testify in court she needs to be beyond reproach, so breaking and entering is no longer and option. Morley Shine, a fellow P.I., dies and Kinsey takes over a 6-year-old cold case he had been working on. She’s trying to help Kingman find evidence against a man accused of killing his wealthy wife, but the details don’t quite add up. Soon she finds herself in the middle of a bigger mystery than she’d originally bargained for. A hit and run, shots fired through a peep-hole in a door, poisonous mushrooms and her landlord’s hypochondriac brother all complicate matters.
As with all the Kinsey Millhone books, if you like the series, you’ll like this. If you don’t, this one is no different. I love having these books as a break or buffer between some of the bigger, meatier classic or modern lit books that I enjoy. They are a great palette cleanser. If I read Henry James and then dive straight into Edith Wharton, the two tend to blur in my mind. Having a quick mystery with the no-nonsense Kinsey is a perfect buffer.
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LibraryThing member benfulton
Kinsey's character gets a smidgen of development in this one, She's supposed to have had her confidence shaken by getting fired from her job as an insurance investigator. But realistically, she doesn't change much, continuing to hit the pavement and interview the witnesses, put their stories
I'm focusing on the negatives. With all that said, Sue Grafton is a really good mystery writer and these books still feel fresh, with the plot and characters both holding your interest. I'm always ready to read a little more Kinsey.
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together and get into a scrape at the end just like always. The villain shows surprising complexity at at the end, even if it gets revealed in what Mr. Incredible would refer to as "monologuing".I'm focusing on the negatives. With all that said, Sue Grafton is a really good mystery writer and these books still feel fresh, with the plot and characters both holding your interest. I'm always ready to read a little more Kinsey.
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LibraryThing member Barb_H
Audiobook. It was okay, but not my favorite. Kind of boring in some parts, but I will keep going with the series because I have enjoyed other books in it. And I did still like it.
LibraryThing member TerriBooks
Another strong showing in the series. Nothing extra special, but Kinsey keeps on her way, inviting us into glimpses of her life. I enjoyed the humor around the romance of Henry's brother. I'll keep on with the series, on occasions when I want something short and easy to enjoy.
LibraryThing member JohnGrant1
No time for more than a scribble . . .
A good entry in Grafton's series. Kinsey is brought in to help a lawyer friend dig up dirt for a civil suit against a man who was some years ago acquitted of murdering his wife -- wrongly acquitted, in the opinions of most who're close to the case. The blurb
A good entry in Grafton's series. Kinsey is brought in to help a lawyer friend dig up dirt for a civil suit against a man who was some years ago acquitted of murdering his wife -- wrongly acquitted, in the opinions of most who're close to the case. The blurb
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makes much of the notion that the novel's structured like a trial, with the first third being the case for the prosecution, the second that for the defence, and the third the resolution; I confess I'd not have noticed this had I not been told beforehand, and I'm still not entirely convinced it's more than a conceit -- the book read like an ordinary mystery to me! But, like a good mystery should, it delivered the goods exactly as promised on the label. Show Less
LibraryThing member lkernagh
It is always nice to slide back into a comfort read series after an extended absence. I don't know if it because of my recent binge audiobook reading indulgence of Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series or the book itself, but it took me a bit of time to warm up to the story and settle my
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feet - and mind - back in circa 1980/1990's California, sniffing out the details of Kinsey's latest assignment. As with previous installments, I love the attention to detail Grafton puts into her stories, be it the description of the surroundings, the subtle details about the characters and the intricacies of solving a case, P.I. style that continue to bring me back for more. This particular mystery proved to be a rather good one, including the suspense build near the end, but the reason I really enjoy these stories is the fact that they are so entrenched in the late 1980's - early 1990's time period, I almost feel as though I am traveling back in time as I read them. great reminders of pop culture items like the magic 8 ball and the day to day realities of pay phones and land lines as opposed to cell phones are just some examples of the wonderful details Grafton includes in her stories. Show Less
LibraryThing member dbsovereign
Grafton's mysteries take place in a very gritty, very real Southern California. Kinsey is adorably hardboiled and gets to zoom around in her VW bug.
LibraryThing member jguidry
A good episode in the Kinsey Milhone series. It's probably one of my favorites in the series so far. I enjoyed the mystery aspect of it. Sue Grafton did an excellent job of taking you on a ride with a lot of twists. I never figured out who the guilty party was. I had a few red herring" suspects
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right up until the end."
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LibraryThing member DocWalt10
Way behind on my reviews. Read them too fast!!!!
LibraryThing member lamotamant
I think this has been the most well-crafted of the series so far. Each character coming into play with both evidence and suspicion. I really like where things are heading.
LibraryThing member lamour
In the last novel in the series H Is For Homicide, you will remember Kinsey lost her office in the California Fidelity Offices because of a new efficiency officer who was sent in to reduce costs. She found new space in offices of her lawyer, Lonnie Kingman. The killer of a woman is found not guilty
It is a tough case as the killer has already been found not guilty if he ever was the killer. There are others who would benefit from the murder. The PI was a friend of Kinsey and how did he die? Who was driving the car or cars involved in hit and runs? This is a top notch mystery that kept me reading through the day.
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by a jury but Kingman wants to sue him through the civil courts which have a lower threshold for finding one responsible. The PI doing the investigating dies suddenly leaving Kingman desperate for information as the trial gets close. Kinsey is asked to step in.It is a tough case as the killer has already been found not guilty if he ever was the killer. There are others who would benefit from the murder. The PI was a friend of Kinsey and how did he die? Who was driving the car or cars involved in hit and runs? This is a top notch mystery that kept me reading through the day.
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LibraryThing member dieseltaylor
Good plot twists to maintain the intrigue
LibraryThing member polywogg
BOTTOM-LINE:
A decent mystery, not awesome character development for the sub-characters
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PLOT OR PREMISE:
Kinsey has new office digs with Lonnie the lawyer, and her new case is to help him with a wrongful death case against a guy who skated on a charge of murdering his wife through a peephole in the
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WHAT I LIKED:
There are lots of little clues that suggest what is really going on, and Kinsey is following in the footsteps of one of her old PI pals, Morley, who died of a heart attack. Or did he? There's a sub-crime or two, and Kinsey gets her hands dirty mucking in people's lives to get to the truth.
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WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
There is a series of interactions with a couple of people who should go out of their way to tell Kinsey to take a hike, and yet they calm down and continue to help her after she explains she's just trying to help.
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DISCLOSURE:
I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I am not personal friends with the author, nor do I follow her on social media.
A decent mystery, not awesome character development for the sub-characters
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PLOT OR PREMISE:
Kinsey has new office digs with Lonnie the lawyer, and her new case is to help him with a wrongful death case against a guy who skated on a charge of murdering his wife through a peephole in the
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door..
WHAT I LIKED:
There are lots of little clues that suggest what is really going on, and Kinsey is following in the footsteps of one of her old PI pals, Morley, who died of a heart attack. Or did he? There's a sub-crime or two, and Kinsey gets her hands dirty mucking in people's lives to get to the truth.
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WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
There is a series of interactions with a couple of people who should go out of their way to tell Kinsey to take a hike, and yet they calm down and continue to help her after she explains she's just trying to help.
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DISCLOSURE:
I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I am not personal friends with the author, nor do I follow her on social media.
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LibraryThing member booklover3258
I enjoyed this book. At first it was slow but it definitely picked up pace halfway through the book. This time around Kinsey is working a case involving a 6 year old murder where the guy who got out of jail who murdered the woman is now going up against a civil case. A lot of twists and turns that
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I could not figure out the murderer until the very end when Kinsey figured it out. And of course, our poor Kinsey gets battered and bruised. Enjoyable. Show Less
LibraryThing member TVNerd95
I couldn’t decide how much I liked or didn’t like this book which left me a 3-star rating. I know I didn’t love this book and that is for several reasons. The suspect was obvious from the get go based on their actions that were so intent on keeping Kinsey engaged in the case. Also, this book
I did like seeing Kinsey moving on and working through a new organization, Lonnie Kingman’s law firm. Lonnie is a great new character with a large personality that doesn’t overwhelm the rest of the book. He has a great chemistry with Kinsey. It will be great to see how this dynamic adds to the series.
I don’t know what else there is to say about Judy Kaye as a narrator for this series. She is amazing and her ability to create different voices for each character book after book is phenomenal.
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had a very small population of characters with a lot of connections with some of those connections seeming like Grafton just threw them in. The book was saved though by the final confrontation between Kinsey and the suspect. Great action, tension and a very realistic scene Grafton truly brought to life with her writing. I did like seeing Kinsey moving on and working through a new organization, Lonnie Kingman’s law firm. Lonnie is a great new character with a large personality that doesn’t overwhelm the rest of the book. He has a great chemistry with Kinsey. It will be great to see how this dynamic adds to the series.
I don’t know what else there is to say about Judy Kaye as a narrator for this series. She is amazing and her ability to create different voices for each character book after book is phenomenal.
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LibraryThing member ValerieAndBooks
***This is a project of e-reading Grafton's series -- I started reading these back in the 1980s and would read each release as they came out over the years. To prevent spoilers, I will not attempt to summarize in detail. ***
Oddly, the only thing that came back to me during this re-read is when
Oddly, the only thing that came back to me during this re-read is when
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Henry‘s brother William meets Rosie (Kinsey fans will know these characters). So the ending was a surprise; this was a quick read so I could find out “whodunnit”. I think this one was when Grafton really began to make her mysteries more intricate and developed. Show Less
Subjects
Awards
Crime Writers' Association Awards (Shortlist — 1992)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1992-05-15
Physical description
269 p.; 22 cm
ISBN
8778808219 / 9788778808219
Local notes
Omslag: Ikke angivet
Omslaget viser et stort I og et tomografi af et menneskehoved set fra siden
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra engelsk "I is for Innocent" af Gerd Have
Side 37: Jeg havde ret til at se papirerne, men ikke til at dirke mig ind. På en eller anden måde virkede det urimeligt. Hvad skulle jeg så med den årelange øvelse i indbrud?
Side 38: Det plejer at se ud, som om håret er blevet mejet med en loftsventilator.
Side 50: Kinsey blev forældreløs sidst i maj et år hvor hun lige var fyldt 5 og hun flyttede ind hos en tante.
Side 63: Det pågældende hus var et arkitektonisk sidestykke til et cirkustelt: hvid, støbt cement med en taglinje brudt op i kiler, som gled vifteformet ud fra en midterpost. Hver af de trekantede dele blev understøttet af tre muntert malede metalrør. De fleste vinduer var uregelmæssigte og havde en vinkel beregnet på at indfange en del af havudsigten. Jeg ville gætte på, at gulvene inden døre nok var udført i grov beton, og at rør og kanaler til fyret stod ubehandlede og til fri beskuelse. Tilføj nogle grove plastikpaneler og et atrium med heldækkende plastikgræs, og man ville have sådan et hus, Metropolitan Home kunne finde på at betegne som 'selsikkert', 'kompromisløst' eller 'revolutionerende'. 'Gennemført vulgært' kunne også dække det. Bare noget har kostet penge nok, kan det gå for at være smagfuldt.
Side 82: Jeg ville skyde på, at hun var sidst i trediverne, og tænkte på, at hun nok havde været i Woodstock engang for længe siden. Jeg havde set klip fra koncerten og kunne lige se hende hoppe barfodet omkring i mudderet. Splitternøgen, med en joint mellem læberne, hår, der gik hende ned til livet og margueritter malet på kinderne. Det havde gjort hende sur at blive voksen, men det sker jo for selv den bedste.
Omslaget viser et stort I og et tomografi af et menneskehoved set fra siden
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra engelsk "I is for Innocent" af Gerd Have
Side 37: Jeg havde ret til at se papirerne, men ikke til at dirke mig ind. På en eller anden måde virkede det urimeligt. Hvad skulle jeg så med den årelange øvelse i indbrud?
Side 38: Det plejer at se ud, som om håret er blevet mejet med en loftsventilator.
Side 50: Kinsey blev forældreløs sidst i maj et år hvor hun lige var fyldt 5 og hun flyttede ind hos en tante.
Side 63: Det pågældende hus var et arkitektonisk sidestykke til et cirkustelt: hvid, støbt cement med en taglinje brudt op i kiler, som gled vifteformet ud fra en midterpost. Hver af de trekantede dele blev understøttet af tre muntert malede metalrør. De fleste vinduer var uregelmæssigte og havde en vinkel beregnet på at indfange en del af havudsigten. Jeg ville gætte på, at gulvene inden døre nok var udført i grov beton, og at rør og kanaler til fyret stod ubehandlede og til fri beskuelse. Tilføj nogle grove plastikpaneler og et atrium med heldækkende plastikgræs, og man ville have sådan et hus, Metropolitan Home kunne finde på at betegne som 'selsikkert', 'kompromisløst' eller 'revolutionerende'. 'Gennemført vulgært' kunne også dække det. Bare noget har kostet penge nok, kan det gå for at være smagfuldt.
Side 82: Jeg ville skyde på, at hun var sidst i trediverne, og tænkte på, at hun nok havde været i Woodstock engang for længe siden. Jeg havde set klip fra koncerten og kunne lige se hende hoppe barfodet omkring i mudderet. Splitternøgen, med en joint mellem læberne, hår, der gik hende ned til livet og margueritter malet på kinderne. Det havde gjort hende sur at blive voksen, men det sker jo for selv den bedste.
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