Opening Paragraph

Here’s the opening paragraph from what I’m reading now. They were cut from the same cloth, the men in Paddy’s Bar. Sometimes it was a group of farmers or laborers in coarse clothes. Sometimes it was landowners or professionals, only slightly better dressed. Sometimes it was another group altogether, or a combination. It didn’t matter. […]

Opening Paragraph

Here’s the opening paragraph from what I’m reading now. Every so often I find on my answering machine in mid-Manhattan a brief cry for help. “What should be used to stop water stains coming through the ceiling?” the voice asks, or “Is it O.K. to use primer-sealer 1-2-3 for peeling paint in the bathroom?” I […]