#AmReading: Here's a quote from DEATH ON THE NIGHT TRAIN TO VERONA by Benedict Brown.

"The husband laughed at my inelegant reply, which I thought was a bit much. I had hoped that he would have recognised me as a fellow brow-beaten dimwit and shown some solidarity, but no."

https://susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/193406204/notable-quotes

Every week I highlight quotes from what I've been reading. Sometimes they make an interesting point, sometimes I just fall in love with the language. I chose this one, because [1/2]

[2/2] it so well represents the narrator's voice -- self-deprecating while also showing him as a shrewd observer of others.

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