It's time for that faithful Monday update:
The Scam page 3
And a sketch from the future:
Finished Clockers by Richard Price this weekend.
What a fantastic book. The characters of Rocco the middle-aged Homicide cop and Strike the twenty-something drug dealer live and breathe and Price takes you right into their heads and makes you sympathize with them despite their flaws. Clockers is great literature in the guise of a crime novel. As a fan of The Wire it's also interesting to read Price and George Pelecanos' novels written before they became writers on the tv show. A lot of the themes and situations from these early books were recycled on the series. Highly recommended reading. And The Wire is highly recommended watching. Probably the best cop show ever. It takes a handful of episodes to get going, but once it gets into gear - Yow. Each season expands on the last and the incredible cast of characters keeps growing and intertwining until it all comes full circle in the last season.
Next on the reading list: Fragile Things by Neal Gaiman
Next on the watching list: The Tick live action series
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