Strange Fugitive
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First editionFirst publication
1928
Literature form
Novel
Genres
Literary, crime
Writing language
English
Author's country
Canada
Length
approx. 82,000 words
Notable lines
Harry Trotter, who had a good job as foreman in Pape's lumber-yard, was determined everybody should understand he loved his wife.
— First lines
He got up and walked the length of the office. He rubbed the palms of his hands together. He sat down again, looking around the room, slowly becoming aware of every object in the room. He noticed the desk, its size, glass pen-container, four pens on it, big blotting-paper, mahogany chairs, carpet, the pattern. He was alone in the room and each one of these objects had assumed an identity of being for him. He became so conscious of them he felt he couldn't be really alone while they were in the room.
Then he told Eddie to keep away from Eva, and when Eddie grinned stupidly he hit him three times, twice on the jaw, once just above the belt. When it was over, Harry was nice to Eddie, explaining he should be sensible enough to realize he was getting more money working for him than he could get from anyone else. Eddie simply made a mistake and was sorry, insisting he would rather work for Harry than for anyone else on earth.
He wanted to go home. In the morning the edge would be worn off the good time. Girls at breakfast would look bad. Nobody really happy. Talk would not come easily. He decided to go home. He didn't awaken Jimmy. People in the morning could look after themselves.
The wheels went round slowly and he was dead.
— Last lines
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