Kevin Whitebaum of Oberlin, Ohio, has a favorite sentence from P.D. James’s A Taste for Death: “The original tenants had been replaced by the transients of the city, the peripatetic young, sharing three to a room; unmarried mothers sharing social security; foreign students-a racial mix which, like some human kaleidoscope, was continually being shaken into new and brighter colours.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Ohio Listener’s Favorite Recently-Read Sentence”
Grant, we were talking earlier about the best sentence you’ve read in the last 24 hours.
We got one from Kevin Weidenbaum of Oberlin, Ohio.
He was reading P.D. James’ book, A Taste for Death.
Oh, I’ve read that.
Yeah?
Well, do you remember this line?
The original tenants had been replaced by the transients of the city.
The peripatetic young sharing three to a room, unmarried mothers on Social Security, foreign students, a racial mix which, like some human kaleidoscope, was continually being shaken into new and brighter colors.
Oh, nice.
He especially liked that last part about the kaleidoscope.
It’s one of the reasons I like reading Petey James because they’re mystery stories outside of the usual template and well-written.
Yeah, good stuff.
Send us the best sentence you’ve read in the last 24 hours.
