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  1. @grahamfarmelo Does biting on a sugar cube generate enough light for a dentist to explore all the resulting cavities?
  2. Trying to commission a piece on companies with innovative management practices. Anybody know of such a thing?
  3. @lrbshop You're very free with your exclamation marks.
  4. @lrbshop Are you saying Lanchester knows from good literature, or that he's a conformist and a suck-up?
  5. But this is excellent! RT@grahamsleight Best Fox News piechart ever. http://is.gd/57xFy
  6. @simonblackwell What about if you have fabulous pyjamas?
  7. @Joethepublicist Dress up as giant Penguin and distribute free books all over Hackney (I can give you my address).
  8. That's me reviewing Paranormal Activity at http://bit.ly/6SBaKC, but for some reason the byline fell off
  9. Ellroy interview at http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article6915849.ece (HT to LRB blog)
  10. Norman Rush on reading Ellroy: "...you feel yourself present for a time in an authentic and palpable circle of hell." http://bit.ly/2fdz97
  11. "Kemper Boyd always said DON'T LOOK BACK."
  12. "Littell tried to weep. The rye-and-beers left him too anesthetized."
  13. "The water was still bubbling. Electric shock had burned Kabikoff bald."
  14. Cut to end chapter: "They left the door unlocked. They left Sid in an overflowing bathtub. They tossed a plugged-in TV set on top of him."
  15. "Kabikoff: 'It's like a loop. If you're in the loop you're in the loop.'"
  16. ...the gate.'" (OK, so that one didn't quite fit).
  17. "Montrose: 'We know you knew Jules Schiffrin back in the old days. Weknow you know some of the boys, so it's like you're recommended from...
  18. "He tried to find Sal this morning. He cruised his collection turf and couldn't locate him."
  19. "Giancana's voice came in garbled. Littell thought he heard Mad Sal mentioned."
  20. "Sid's stretching the tape. He's rubbing those bruises I inflicted down in Texas."