Umm, well the only other warm places Waugh wrote of that I know were Italy and California, so this is either from Sword of Honour or The Loved One, both of which I read ages ago, so I'm guessing.

It's "The Loved One." Good guess and guesses do count. Your turn.

OK, well my pet rabbit just died, so I'm in a sad frame of mind, and to that end....

'I raised my head. The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky-- seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.'

I'm sorry your pet rabbit died.

The book, of course, is Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," one of my very favorites.

Onward and upward Sunsplashed....your turn

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The book, of course, is Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," one of my very favorites

It's a hell of book, if I must say so myself. English wasn't even Conrad's first language, yet his mastery of it was extraordinary. Very talented writer.

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The book, of course, is Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," one of my very favorites

It's a hell of book, if I must say so myself. English wasn't even Conrad's first language, yet his mastery of it was extraordinary. Very talented writer.

Hey splashy, howz about a quote!

This one should be really easy:

"The year began with lunch.

We have always found that New Year's Eve, with its eleventh hour excesses and doomed resolutions, is a dismal occasion for all the forced jollity and midnight toasts and kisses. And so, when we heard that over in the village of Lacoste, a few miles away, the proprietor of La Simiane was offering a six-course lunch with pink champagne to his amiable clientele, it seemed like a much more cheerful way to start the next twelve months."

When authors start writing about food, i tune out, so I..have...no...idea...

The book isn't really about food. LOL

Have you read "The Debt to Pleasure" by John Lancaster? Although there is much mention of food in the book, the main character, Tarquin Winot, is so diabolical, he's wonderful.

The quote isn't from "The Debt to Pleasure," by the way.

I've never read it, but I'm going to guess "A year in Provence."

The fact that you said it was easy, and the knowledge that Lacoste is in Provence...

Another quote i will hand over to my fellow bookworms...haven't read any John Lancaster: I'll put it on my to-read list.

'Double post, ken!' Snap!

This one's fairly easy, but it's a pretty cool line.

"I sing of warfare and a man at war."

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I've never read it, but I'm going to guess "A year in Provence."

The fact that you said it was easy, and the knowledge that Lacoste is in Provence...

It sure is "A Year in Provence."

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Another quote i will hand over to my fellow bookworms...haven't read any John Lancaster: I'll put it on my to-read list.

All of Lancaster's books are very different, but I think "The Debt to Pleasure" is definitely his best. It's a wicked masterpiece, or a masterpiece of how to be wicked or something like that. LOL

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This one's fairly easy, but it's a pretty cool line.

"I sing of warfare and a man at war."

I have...NO idea! :O

"Of arms, and the man I sing"

You also see the line like this sometimes. But this version of the line doesn't make any sense to me.

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"Of arms, and the man I sing"

You also see the line like this sometimes. But this version of the line doesn't make any sense to me.

A line expropriated by George Bernard Shaw, for his play of the same name.

Has to be a translation, since it comes in two versions.

I'm gonna go with the Iliad.

BTW, Ig, you kinda took my turn. No hard feelings, though.

Sorry Ken, I guess i'm an overzealous newbie. I'll follow the rules next time.

Not quite, but close. It's the same subject as the Illiad and originally written in latin.