Here’s something I wrote for MarshalZerengue’s blog, based on the theory that everything you need to know about a book can be learned by sneaking a peek at p. 69
“I read a massive amount of contemporary fiction, and yet I am one of those indecisive cheapskates who loiters in bookstores, skimming through the Recent Release shelves, trying to figure out whether or not I want to take the plunge and buy the book. Now, thanks to Marshal Zeringue, I may just have found a system.”
My own book, Rat, comes out pretty decently on the p. 69 test.
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