"The Clothes They Stood Up In" 1998 BENNETT, Alan Science Fiction w/ Patch Flap-less Pockets

w/ Patch Flap-less Pockets

“The Working-Lush-Executive’s telephone is a pronouncedly schizoid instrument

Oak Spring Garden Library

Peter & OSBORN

"The Clothes They Stood Up In" 1998 BENNETT, Alan Science Fiction w/ Patch Flap-less PocketsBENNETT, Alan [161] pp. Random House 1998 First U. S. Edition 6 1 4" x 4 1 4" The Ransomes had been burgled. "Robbed," Mrs. Ransome said. "Burgled," Mr. Ransome corrected. Premises were burgled; persons were robbed. Mr. Ransome was a solicitor by profession and thought words mattered. Though "burgled" was the wrong word too. Burglars select; they pick; they remove one item and ignore others. There is a limit to what burglars can take: they seldom take