THE SENTENCE: JOHN WRAY

John Wray is a talented and fearless young author. I'm less convinced by his latest novel, "Lowboy" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, March), but it's hard to argue with the following sentence:

The sun was declining and the firepits were glowing and oilcolored nightbirds were warbling down from the trees.

 

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