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The World According to Garp by John Irving (1978) Two Girls, Fat and Thin by Mary Gaitskill (1991) Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale (2018) I like them because you get a sense of character right from the start. -
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Sedayne replied to the thread Please Comment: Great Novel Openings Quiz.The World According to Garp by John Irving (1978) Two Girls, Fat and Thin by Mary Gaitskill (1991) Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale (2018) I like them because you get a sense of character right from the start.
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Here's three more favourites of mine - I think only one is considered a classic, though, and anyone would be forgiven for not knowing the others: Garp's mother, Jenny Fields, was arrested in Boston in 1942 for wounding a man in a movie theater...
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Claire G replied to the thread Please Comment: Great Novel Openings Quiz.Which novels are these from? They're great!
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Hi @Claire G That was fun! A couple of my all-time favourite first lines in there at 2 and 10. I got a respectable 12/15 But I won't say how many I have(n't) read/finished ;)
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New blog post by Claire Gallagher Great Novel Openings Quiz As writers, we all know how important it is to grip the reader from the very start. Intriguing, surprising and thought-provoking, these opening lines are widely recognised as some of...
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Sedayne replied to the thread Please Comment: Great Novel Openings Quiz.Here's three more favourites of mine - I think only one is considered a classic, though, and anyone would be forgiven for not knowing the others: Garp's mother, Jenny Fields, was arrested in Boston in 1942 for wounding a man in a movie theater...
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Sedayne replied to the thread Please Comment: Great Novel Openings Quiz.Hi @Claire G That was fun! A couple of my all-time favourite first lines in there at 2 and 10. I got a respectable 12/15 But I won't say how many I have(n't) read/finished ;)
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The best self-promotion is your next book. And the book after that and after that. Bella Andre
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New blog post by Claire Gallagher Great Novel Openings Quiz As writers, we all know how important it is to grip the reader from the very start. Intriguing, surprising and thought-provoking, these opening lines are widely recognised as some of... -
For those of you who remember back to November last year, we did ran a pretty successful Litopia NaNoWriMo for national novel writing month. Is anyone keen for a mid-year event?
