Book Beginnings & Friday 56 -- Running the Books by Avi Steinberg

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by A Few More Pages. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence, or two, of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading.

Pimps make the best librarians.  Psycho killers, the worst. 

The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice. Check out the rules and join in the fun.

Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
Turn to page 56.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog. Post a link along with your post back to this blog.

 

A permanent expression of doom in her eyes.  Brutish abused Poor's neediness, but also watched out for her.  Or so it seemed.

This was a good book.  I have a couple of friends who have volunteered in the county jail and my brother is currently in prison.  So reading about a (formerly Orthodox) Harvard grad who finds himself working as a prison librarian in Boston felt fairly relevant to me.  He had a good mixture of heart-rending parts and laugh-producing parts.