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first lines of books

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Blandmum · 15/02/2006 17:08

Nice easy one to start us all off

'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.'

Book and Author then you give one.

No googling allowed

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albatros · 15/02/2006 19:23

I'll try this again as no-one replied before

In the beginning there was a river, the river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world

popsycalindisguise · 15/02/2006 19:24

twigletts is a prayer for own meany by john irving
did anyone get that?

'In the beginning there was a river'

popsycalindisguise · 15/02/2006 19:24

pmfg that is sooo sppoky

popsycalindisguise · 15/02/2006 19:24

omg albatros - i didnt see your post!!!!

how scarey is that

roisin · 15/02/2006 19:24

Rowlers? 1632? No idea! Can we have a clue?

popsycalindisguise · 15/02/2006 19:25

am seriously freaked out by bizarre post crossing

albatros · 15/02/2006 19:26

The author won the Booker prize with it in 1991

Enid · 15/02/2006 19:26

ok I have one

"March 16th. A gentleman friend and I were dining at the Ritz last evening and he said that if I took a pencil and a paper and put down all of my thoughts it would make a book."

popsycalindisguise · 15/02/2006 19:27

I know it!!!!!
But i posted the line at the same time you did albtross

albatros · 15/02/2006 19:27

Just caught on to what is happening pcd freaky !!

roisin · 15/02/2006 19:28

Popsy/Albatross:
Ben Okri - The Famished Road

Enid · 15/02/2006 19:28

i still dont know it though

Rowlers · 15/02/2006 19:30

A clue to the 1632 one?
Oooh, without giving it away?
Classic novel. First published 1719. Think of the sea.

popsycalindisguise · 15/02/2006 19:30

yes roisin

that has seriously freaked me out
how odd

roisin · 15/02/2006 19:30

I can think of several things Enid's might be, but I'm not sure. Need to go and check - is that allowed?

Rowlers one is annoying me, because I think it's something very famous. But the date thing is distracting my brain ..

popsycalindisguise · 15/02/2006 19:31

I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up.

Rowlers · 15/02/2006 19:31

Yes, very famous.

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Blandmum · 15/02/2006 19:32

no googling!

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albatros · 15/02/2006 19:32

Tale of the ancient mariner ?

roisin · 15/02/2006 19:38

I give up! Can we have some more easy ones please?

albatros · 15/02/2006 19:39

Mutiny on the bounty Wild guess

albatros · 15/02/2006 19:42

Robinson Crusoe Another wild guess

sobernow · 15/02/2006 19:45

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albatros · 15/02/2006 19:48

popsy I have no idea clue please

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Blandmum · 15/02/2006 19:53

is it the Aphra Benn novel????

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