“If you hated it, why’d you read it, Jillsy?” John Wolf asked her. “Same reason I read anythin’ for,” Jillsy said. “To find out what happens.” John Wolf stared at her. “Most books you know nothin’s gonna happen,” Jillsy said. “Lawd, you know that. Other books,” she said, “you know just what’s gonna happen, so you don’t have to read them, either. But this book,” Jillsy said, “this book’s so sick you know somethin’s gonna happen, but you can’t imagine what. You got to be sick yourself to imagine what happens in this book,” Jillsy said. “So you read it to find out?” John Wolf said. “There surely
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