Sunday, July 25, 2010

The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

It's a fun read -- it was this month's book club book -- enjoyable enough and I was glad to read such a well-known book, but I probably don't need to pick it up again any time soon. While I appreciated Hammett's dry sense of humor, my husband enjoyed the book more than I did.  I must share my favorite quote, however:
She stared at him dully and said:  "I don't like crooks, and even if I did, I wouldn't like crooks that are stool-pigeons, and if I liked crooks that are stool-pigeons, I still wouldn't like you." (p.90)
This quote makes me laugh and I want to memorize it and use it regularly in conversation.  :D

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