Not Exactly
To lie in wait, patiently observing, watching, breathing, and then, as soon as the man reveals his position, shooting him in the head: it’s not exactly what a writer does, but it’s not so dissimilar.
Keith Gessen, “Under Siege”, in The New Yorker, 3 June 2006.
June 16th, 2006 at 9:08 pm
with characteristic contrariness, it strikes me that this line you have selected is the one piece of bullshit in a fantastic review article. How you could resist quoting “The bedraggled enemy continues his cowardly advance” is beyond me!
June 16th, 2006 at 9:09 pm
(I mean, btw, that contrariness is my characteristic, not yours)