The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was actually a reread, having read all the Spenser novels. Shows signs of being a first novel and the Spenser here is not quite the Spenser of the later books, but the elements are here. It is worth reading and enjoying either as a first-time reader or coming back to it again.
Filed under 2015
Two scriptwriters were sitting in a bar in holiday talking about their latest series pitches to studio executives.
First writer: “I pitched the story that was the retelling of the big fish. In this case, the fish was so huge he was about the swallow the entire Earth. And the only thing in between him and his goal is a female nephrologist.”
Second writer: “Why a nephrologist?”
First writer: “Ever seen a series with a nephrology doctor in the lead?”
Second writer: “No.”
First writer: “See, that would make it different. Unique. Besides, my girl friend is a nephrologist–”
Second writer: “And you’re trying to impress her.”
First writer: “You got that right.”
Second writer: “What did the executive say?”
First writer: “‘You got to be kidney-ing me.'”
Filed under 2015, Monday morning writing joke
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