Five Minutes in Heaven by Lisa Alther

Author:Lisa Alther
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2010-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

“SO HOW DID IT GO, JUDE?” called Simon as Jude passed his door.

She paused in his doorway. He was sprawled on his carpet in his sock feet, eating a sandwich. “A struggling writer could have eaten for a month on what that lunch cost,” she replied.

“True,” he said, looking up. “But think about it: A writer gets to sit home all day in Levis, telling himself amusing stories. Whereas we have to get dressed up, and ride the subway downtown, and hassle with printers and page proofs. We do all the dirty work, and they get interviewed by Dick Cavett. So we deserve a nice lunch from time to time.

Jude smiled. “Very feeble.”

“Struggle is good for writers,” insisted Simon. “If their lives are miserable, they have more of an incentive to create a fantasy world.”

Jude laughed.

“Anna is very attractive, isn’t she?”

“Is she? I didn’t notice.”

Simon smiled.

“What?”

“Oh, nothing,” he said, biting into his corned beef.

“William once told me she was bad news. Why, do you think?”

“William has very little use for women. Especially sexy ones.”

“You find Anna sexy?”

“Don’t you?”

“I wouldn’t know. I’m not that kind of girl.”

“Neither am I,” said Simon, “but I know it when I see it.”

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