Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Teaser Tuesday (2)

"He was dressed in an old leather jerkin and breeches of worn brown cloth, his hair was severely receded on top but long at the back, leaving his large forehead bare, and his face was pitted with the marks of pox; he might have been my own age or he might have been fifty, but the most striking aspect of his appearance was that he had no ears. Ugly welts of scar tissue surrounded the holes where they would once have been, betraying the fact that he had at one time been brought to justice as a petty criminal. He continued to watch me with a cool, level gaze in which I could discern no malice, rather a kind of mocking curiosity."

Page 157 - Parris, S. J. Heresy.




Details:
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

5 comments:

  1. Wow - that is quite a description... except ew ew ew re the ears!
    Here's my TT:
    http://thebookgatherer.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays_17.html

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  2. Great teaser! Now I want to know more about this guy.

    Here is mine: http://beyondstrangenewwords.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-may-17-2011.html

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  3. gross, no ear. Really interesting description though.


    mine is here: http://storytreasury.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/teaser-tuesday-tom-sawyer/

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  4. I agree, the ears are very, very gross... and the character hasn't shown up in the tale since! I'm looking forward to finding out more about him.

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