Comments on: “He knew at once it was a human bone, when he took it from the baby who was sitting on the floor chewing it” http://davidrosam.co.uk/2009/10/24/he-knew-at-once-it-was-a-human-bone-when-he-took-it-from-the-baby-who-was-sitting-on-the-floor-chewing-it/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:16:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: David http://davidrosam.co.uk/2009/10/24/he-knew-at-once-it-was-a-human-bone-when-he-took-it-from-the-baby-who-was-sitting-on-the-floor-chewing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-210 David Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:16:27 +0000 http://davidrosam.co.uk/?p=189#comment-210 That's pretty good, too. Ballard had a good line in gallows humour. That’s pretty good, too. Ballard had a good line in gallows humour.

]]> By: Paul Silver http://davidrosam.co.uk/2009/10/24/he-knew-at-once-it-was-a-human-bone-when-he-took-it-from-the-baby-who-was-sitting-on-the-floor-chewing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Paul Silver Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:04:55 +0000 http://davidrosam.co.uk/?p=189#comment-209 One of my favourites is "Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months" Which is one of the only details to have stayed with me from High Rise by J G Ballard (admittedly, I had to look up the exact quote.) A cracking first line! One of my favourites is “Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months” Which is one of the only details to have stayed with me from High Rise by J G Ballard (admittedly, I had to look up the exact quote.) A cracking first line!

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