THE SENTENCE: JOHN WRAY
John Wray is a talented and fearless young author. I'm less convinced by his latest novel, "Lowboy" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, March), but it's hard to argue with the following sentence:
The sun was declining and the firepits were glowing and oilcolored nightbirds were warbling down from the trees.
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quote "Ah, what larks: Rogue Riderhood, Bradley Headstone, Miss Ninetta Crummles (the Infant Phenomenon), Mr Dick, Barkis, Joe the Fat Boy, The Golden Dustman, Mr Wemmick's dad, Mrs Gummidge, Mr William Guppy, Jerry Cruncher, Bullseye, Harold Skimpole..."