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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 1565817" data-attributes="member: 259">Yep; this was my favorite part, probably.&nbsp; Although his fights are fun, my two favorite passages from the book were:&nbsp;* A totally irrelevant history of the name of a minor geographical feature; although he never comes out and says it, by the end of the passage you realize that the feature's name translates as &quot;FordFORDfordfordfordford Bridge.&quot;* A priceless paean to brevity that appears two-thirds of the way through the book.&nbsp; I rarely laugh aloud when reading to myself, but this gave me a huge fit of the giggles.&nbsp; I imagine Brust was giggling even harder when he wrote it.&nbsp;Westlake's novels sound great too; I'll look them up.&nbsp; I've got a Jonathan Carroll book on the shelf at home next to a Peter Carey book.&nbsp; If they prove to be too nutritious, I might set them aside for the Westlakes.&nbsp;Daniel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 1565817, member: 259"] Yep; this was my favorite part, probably. Although his fights are fun, my two favorite passages from the book were: * A totally irrelevant history of the name of a minor geographical feature; although he never comes out and says it, by the end of the passage you realize that the feature's name translates as "FordFORDfordfordfordford Bridge." * A priceless paean to brevity that appears two-thirds of the way through the book. I rarely laugh aloud when reading to myself, but this gave me a huge fit of the giggles. I imagine Brust was giggling even harder when he wrote it. Westlake's novels sound great too; I'll look them up. I've got a Jonathan Carroll book on the shelf at home next to a Peter Carey book. If they prove to be too nutritious, I might set them aside for the Westlakes. Daniel [/QUOTE]

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