These books depend on the administration of violent shocks to the nervous system, and just as the drug addict must progressively increase the size of the doze to obtain the same effect, so, as sensibilities become dulled by the repetition of a particular kind of brutal act, the degree of violence must of necessity increase.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
HELLsinki freezes over
Not Siberia. Helsinki this evening. We have more snow than anywhere in Finland. Used to be the other way round. Over 50 cm. at this moment. Over 70 car crashes today.
