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mobertol · 08-05-2012, 13:43

This is another one i was thinking might be up Margaret's street short-listed for Booker Prize 1995: Morality Play by Barry Unsworth

"It was death that began it all and another death that led us on."

Late 14th century, war and plague, Nicholas Barber, a young wayward cleric joins a group of travelling players -murder and mystery -brilliant!

This is my 2000th post -fanfare?!!

08-05-2012, 13:43	#60
mobertol God Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern Italy Posts: 4,419 Liked: 1866 times Rep Power: 26228	Re: Bookworms:What are the best first lines you've read? This is another one i was thinking might be up Margaret's street short-listed for Booker Prize 1995: Morality Play by Barry Unsworth "It was death that began it all and another death that led us on." Late 14th century, war and plague, Nicholas Barber, a young wayward cleric joins a group of travelling players -murder and mystery -brilliant! This is my 2000th post -fanfare?!! __________________ “Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow or a communicated sense of fineness.” ~ D. H. Lawrence