Sinister: Re:Opening lines

[A.M. Horne]

>  "It was the day my grandmother exploded" from The Crow Road by Iain 
> Banks - nice and surreal I think.

isn't that one a fit too forced: a bit too deliberately zany? that's why
something like l'etramger is wonderful, bvecause it's so understated.

that said, the beginning to catcher in the rye is still superb.

espadrillle
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