holy wow

so i just started reading this book, and its really fucking good. and im only through the first chapter.

ive never denied being a dork, but i think i took it to a new level last night when i wondered if there was a book club for this author. then i immediately thought: 'fuck, im a dork.'

thing is, im a sucker for good writing. i love a great phrase. whether in a song, a poem, a novel, even a fucking text book. its like how they say a picture is worth a thousand words. sometimes a few words can say more than a thousand. i love that shit. anyway, in this book the narrator is talking about prison. talking about how it is compared to the outside. he says 'in here is like out there, only more so.' its one of those brilliantly succinct phrases that says what you could spend pages and pages explaining. i love it.

the book is The Book of Evidence by John Banville.