![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Spew, she writes, having finally been given, by tardy Providence, the needful word. All her papers are hidden away, except for this single sheet on her writing-desk. When Mrs Castaway’s warning bell sounds, she jerks in surprise. Sugar closes her eyes and watches, in the lurid theatre of her mind, the blood issue from the slit neck. Pour out implies that the man has some control over the matter, which he most emphatically doesn’t leak is too feeble for the savagery of the injury she has inflicted upon him. Flow is too gentle a word spill implies carelessness spurt is out of the question because she has used the word already, in another context, a few lines earlier. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber 864pp, Canongate, £17.99. The problem is how, precisely, the blood will flow. The heroine of her novel has just slashed the throat of a man. Glistening on the page between her silk-shrouded elbows lies an unfinished sentence. 1 2003 by Michel Faber (Author) 1,074 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 32.73 28 Used from 13.98 5 New from 32.73 3 Collectible from 19. “Sugar leans her chin against the knuckles of the hand that holds the pen. Michel Faber The Crimson Petal And The White Paperback Sept. ![]()
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