anleja

First off, hopefully this isn't a repost, I didn't know what to do the search as. This thread is sort of like "book recommendations", but instead of telling why you like the book, post a part of it in this thread, to let people judge for themselves if it is enticing enough for them to pick up the book themselves. Like on late night talk shows when a person is promoting their movie, they play the little teaser clip to hopefully get people interested in their movie. I started this with the hope of being intoduced to something new I like. Hopefully some of you are up to it!

This is from what I am reading right now, "Budding Prospects" by T.C. Boyle:

I moved to the far end of the wall, feeling foolish, feeling ashamed and naked, feeling stoned. The hole was neatly cut, edges smoothed, but it was encircled by a corona of dirt and some sad joker had scrawled "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here" just above it. What is lust? I thought, dropping the ticket into the aperture. What is flesh? What is mind? I unfastened my zipper, found that I had an erection, and penetrated the wall. Gesh was laughing, Rudy concentrating. Beside me, pressed to the wall like a penitent, Raul moaned softly, his features bloated with rapture. I could hear the hum of the florescent lights, sadness crushed me like a fist and someone - something - took hold of me with a grip as moist and gentle as love.