Sugar and Rum
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: May 1, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780393318906
First sentence: This was a time of trouble for Benson, when he felt silence forming over him like a crust, when he couldn't work and couldn't sleep and spent a lot of time walking around the city in an ancient overcoat of grey tweed, talking to strangers, looking for signs, portents, auguries.