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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Book 8: Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell

Let me tell you about revenge. Particularly murderous revenge.
It's a bad idea. For one thing, it doesn't last. The reason they tell you revenge is best served cold is not so you'll take the time to get it right, but so you'll spend longer on the fun part, which is the planning and the expectation.
For another thing, even if you get away with it, murdering someone is bad for you. It murders something in yourself, and has all kinds of other consequences you can't possibly foresee. By way of example: eight years after I shot the Virzi brothers, Skinflick completely destroyed my life, and I threw him headfirst out a six-story window.
But on that night in early 1993, all I could feel was the joy.
Beat the Reaper receives:

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