NOS4A2: A Novel

wise-turtle stare

Charlie Manx was a man who knew what was what.

He believed in his own decency with all his heart. So it was with every true monster,

a few clowns short of the full circus,

“I remember an era when you could get your nose sliced off for sticking it too far into another man’s business. Now you can find out anything about anyone with the click of a button. There is no privacy and no consideration, and everyone is prying into things that aren’t their affair.

“By the time I knew it was a mistake, it was too late to come back. That’s usually how it is.

slowing rapidly.

She couldn’t afford to ignore a single good idea. Could anyone?