I'm trying hard to think of some but I was gonna say Lolita. It's got the best first line, best first page - it wins on many counts.
1984 has a good first line:
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
Instant intrigue.
Joe
I'm trying hard to think of some but I was gonna say Lolita. It's got the best first line, best first page - it wins on many counts.
1984 has a good first line:
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
Instant intrigue.
Joe
'Imagine that you have to break someone's arm. '
The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
'Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him.'
Graham Greene, Brighton Rock.
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