“‘It’s an American,’ Lane said. ‘I think.’ He closed his eyes again and concentrated. His lips moved like he was replaying conversations in his head. ‘Yes, American. Certainly a native speaker. No stumbles. Never any weird or unusual words. Just normal, like you would hear all the time.’”
Please take this the right way; this is after all highly competent and completely unpretentious airport reading. But? The very American main character has already described someone as ‘safe as houses.’
May 17, 2011, 4:49pm Comments
