Name that book!

[bartleby]

I'm sure this has been done before here. How about a little literary distraction whereby I post the opening line(s) to a novel. Whoever gets in to post the correct answer first then posts a new opening line. And so on...

Are you all game? Here goes:

"The gravel pit was about a mile east of town, and the size of a small lake, and so deep that boys under sixteen were forbidden by their parents to swim there. I knew it only by hearsay."

Happy hunting. Bart.

 

[joderu95]

So Long, See You Tomorrow - William Maxwell

"By the time I had finished my two drinks at the bar, the tourist crowd that had packed the Lufthansa Flight 16 into Kennedy International Airport had left the baggage area."

 

[bartleby]

So Long, See You Tomorrow - William Maxwell

Spot on. Have to make it more difficult when next time.

 

[bartleby]

Originally Posted by joderu95

"By the time I had finished my two drinks at the bar, the tourist crowd that had packed the Lufthansa Flight 16 into Kennedy International Airport had left the baggage area."

After a period of appropriate duration had elapsed, Holmes provided Dr. Watson with a clue...

 

[joderu95]

No problem. I think you'll appreciate this one.

Shares a name with Irish-American gangster from the 60s and 70s.