Different takes, same oceans. The Librarian takes a little pink post-it note and writes "girl with the dragon tattoo" on it, and places it on my Donna Leon mystery books. "People who like Donna Leon generally like Stieg Larsson," he says.
The other librarian, whose bilingual edition of
The Complete Works of Francois Villon I have borrowed, laughs. We exchange glances. "People who like Forester," I replied, tapping my short stack of Foresters (
Ship of the Line,
Beat to Quarters and
Flying Colors), "generally like Patrick O'Brien." I also like Forster. People who like Forster, also like Maugham? And so it goes.
The other librarian, whose bilingual edition of The Complete Works of Francois Villon I have borrowed, laughs. We exchange glances. "People who like Forester," I replied, tapping my short stack of Foresters (Ship of the Line, Beat to Quarters and Flying Colors), "generally like Patrick O'Brien." I also like Forster. People who like Forster, also like Maugham? And so it goes.
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