Via Screenhead, which is an unlikely source for something this beautiful, here's a CBC adaptation of Tobias Wolff's brilliant, lyrical short story, Bullet in the Brain, from his collection The Night In Question.
I used to have that book. The "used to" part ties into memory, and the tangible experience of having that book and handing it over to an often-smirking brunette who slowly faded into ex-girlfriend status saying "here, let me give you this; this is some of the best stuff out there," not knowing that it was the sort of foolish, improper thing one should not do after an often-smirking brunette waxed rhapsodic about pulp thrillers by Robert Ludlum or Ken Follett. She took the book, incredulously, and we stopped seeing each other by the middle of the summer. No more to join me for dinner in over-priced restaurants as an indulgence to my love of good wine and cuisine, no more to allure me simply by showing off her tan legs during a golf game, but forever given to a slight squint of the eyes, a glance down at a trade paperback full of beautiful short stories, and then a smirk that measured our time like the hours spent waiting for a commuted sentence.
I'm not so into Ken Follett, although a male friend of mine said he writes the best sex scenes ever. True?
Posted by: teahouseblossom | Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 09:19 AM
I don't know. My paralegal keeps giving me Follett books, thinking that I'll get into the potboiler fiction scene. Well, at least I hope that's why.
It could be that he's pointing out his favorite "dirty parts."
Posted by: TPB, Esq. | Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 11:22 PM
you really need to think about this paralegal.
i haven't ever read this follett bloke.
Posted by: j-a | Monday, May 23, 2005 at 11:34 PM
you really need to tell this to anyone that is dead to you....don't call me ever again, don't contact me, and I'm married and my wife is the jealous type...God...don't anger her, please! I'm happy now, so just go on with your life, and it's over with us. If you call, be certain that you're going to get into very dangerous waters! Bullets, hahahha...just be happy and trust God will bring you together with your new guy.... Good luck! Then remember, that you were great, and it just wasn't God's plan....think all the stupid stuff like you think...but, it still is over with us, and you can find someone better, and life will not be over, but begin with him, your new love. Bullets and Roses, so to speak...hahahha
Posted by: supersnoop | Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 06:39 PM