Total Chaos

I haven't had a fun crime-thriller since Layer Cake (book's way better than the movie). So I was pleasantly surprised when I picked up Total Chaos, while in the middle of another novel. Warning: semi-spoiler.

At last Marseilles was revealed. From the sea. The way Phocian must have seen it for the first time, one morning many centuries ago. With the same sense of wonder. The port of Massilia. I know it's happy lovers, a Marseilles Homer might have written about Gyptis and Protis. The traveler and the princess. In a soft voice, Lole recited:

O procession Gypsies
May the sheen of our hair guide you...

One of Leila's favourite poems.
Everyone was invited. Our friends, out lovers. Lole placed her hand on mine. It was time for the city to burst into flame. White at first, then ocher and pink.
A city after our own hearts.

Posted by Timothy Washington on 2008.03.01| Original post

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