the ponderous machinery of the law
grinds the sausage of circumstance
into links of evidence
Damon Runyon“The Eternal Blonde”1927
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About Me
- David
- Lexington, Virginia
- David Rachels is Professor of English and Fine Arts at the Virginia Military Institute, where he teaches a course in American and Japanese noir. His most recent books are a collection of Mark Twain's Civil War writings and a collection of original poetry, Verse Noir. He is currently at work editing a collection of Gil Brewer's short fiction. He does not ordinarily make a practice of writing about himself in the third person.
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