
You can tell that when he was young he’d been the kind of good-looking that made girls forget about their boyfriends for the night and made guys want to punch him in the face on principle.

You can tell that when he was young he’d been the kind of good-looking that made girls forget about their boyfriends for the night and made guys want to punch him in the face on principle.

One was short and greasy. The other was taller, and looked like his mother had been scared—scared quite badly—by a scabby vulture.

“With all the best will in the world, Johannes, you’re as much fun as a leper at an orgy.”