Sublime

Parce que c’était clair : Arturo Bandini n’était pas de la pédale, il n’y avait rien qui clochait chez Arturo Bandini ; même qu’il avait assez de passion pour six, ce garçon, et cette passion il l’avait sentie monter à la surface : quel homme, tout de même, il se posait un peu là comme écrivain et comme amoureux – aussi à l’aise avec le monde qu’av

His hands were large and expressive, and he had moved easily in his chair, as if he felt it a pleasure to inhabit a body of which he’d never been ashamed – he’d smelt not of soap or fragrance but of clean skin. His lips had looked as if they had ashes on them: ‘He needs to drink more water,’ said Thomas tenderly, ‘or he’ll get headaches.’

Hitchcockian protagonist,

The devil is walking around the halls of a Boston hospital making deals with the patients and their families. And there’s a “What would you do?” built in: “What would you give to save the life of a loved one?”