RE: RARA-AVIS: Best opening line of a novel

michael david sharp (msharp@umich.edu)
Mon, 15 Dec 1997 20:04:46 -0500 (EST) The best first line: from a Day Keene novel, of course. From *To Kiss, or
Kill* (Gold Medal 206, 1951):

You can never tell what a big, tough Polish boy will do when he finds a
nude blonde in his bathroom.

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Michael D. Sharp Email: msharp@umich.edu
Department of English Lang. and Lit. Phone: (313) 761-8776
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