"The Santa Ana's blew in hot from the desert..." - Eure liebsten Romananfänge =)

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Janet Fitch schafft es hier auf wirklich beeindruckende Weise, schon in den ersten Sätzen eine ungeahnte Atmosphäre zu schaffen.

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Ist doch nur von Raymond Chandlers Red Wind geklaut.

There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husband's necks. Anything can happen.