"The afternoon was hot, but not hot like Pasadena. There was a drowsy smell of flowers and sun, a swishing of lawn sprinklers gentle behind hedges and walls, a clear ratchety sound of lawn mowers moving delicately over serene and confident lawns."... "At the back a stained-glass window about the size of a tennis court. Curtained French doors underneath it. An old musty, fusty, narrow-minded, clean and bitter room. It didn't look as if anyone ever sat in it or would ever want to."
OK crew, four questions 1. who wrote these lines?(Easy) 2. which book? 3. do these two extracts remind you of any recently-discussed Joni songs? 4. do you think Joni has read the book and used the quotes? Also interesting in the book, is its references to Bunker Hill, (interesting to me 'cos I'm currently reading Mike Davis' "Dead Cities" which talks about the land speculation in LA a lot, and especially in this area). mike (not davis)
