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Great Opening Paragraph 147… ‘Metamorphosis’ #amreading #FirstPara

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“One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his brown, arched abdomen divided up into rigid bow-like sections. From this height the blanket, just about ready to slide off completely, could hardly stay in place. His numerous legs, pitifully think in comparison to the rest of his circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes.” Franz KafkaFrom ‘Metamorphosis’ by Franz Kafka

Try one of these #FirstParas & discover a new author:-
‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy 
‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ by Mark Haddon
‘Dance Dance Dance’ by Haruki Murakami

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Great Opening Paragraph 86… ‘The Ghost’ #amreading #FirstPara

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“The moment I heard how McAra died I should have walked away. I can see that now. I should have said, ‘Rick, I’m sorry, this isn’t for me, I don’t like the sound of it,’ finished my drink and left. But he was such a good storyteller, Rick – I often thought he should have been the writer and I the literary agent – that once he’d started talking there was never any question I wouldn’t listen, and by the time he had finished, I was hooked.”
Robert HarrisFrom ‘The Ghost’ by Robert Harris

Read my reviews of these other thrillers, also by Robert Harris:-
AN OFFICER AND A SPY
MUNICH
PRECIPICE
V2

Try one of these #FirstParas & discover a new author:-
‘Far From the Madding Crowd’ by Thomas Hardy 
‘That They May Face the Rising Sun’ by John McGahern 
‘Bel Canto’ by Ann Patchett 

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