Цитаты из книги The Hallmarked Man

Знаешь, что делает зацикливание на чертовой обиде? От нее рак, бл**ь.

‘Bloody hell, it’s the opposite of selfish,’ said Strike robustly. ‘If everyone thought properly about having kids before they did it, there’d be a lot fewer fucked-up people in the world.’

The Polworths had always seemed to Strike to live in a state of mutual animosity they appeared to consider the only natural condition for a man and a woman living together. Both seemed happiest on the occasions when they’d got their own way over the wishes of the other, and they constantly griped about each other, whether together or apart.

The atmosphere around the kitchen table hummed with undercurrents as the family consumed a large pasta bake.