black dress, men's, as worn by:
architects
artists
bikers
butlers
Christ
clergymen
the condemned
courtiers
doctors
Dracula
executioners
Fascists
British
German
Greek
Italian
Jesuits
lawyers
lovers
men of the world
merchants
ministers of governments
Mods
monarchs
New Romantics
parliamentarians
the poor
princes
Punks
Rockers
soldiers
teachers
The abecedarian nature of the index has, of course, provided alliteration, but by chance it has produced perfect juxtapositions and connections: Christ, Clergymen, the Condemned. Elsewhere in the index I noticed marriage, melancholy, the middle class. It reminded me of this bit from Waiting for Godot.
I may stop reading books and confine myself to indices.
The book, by the way, is Men in Black by John Harvey. I recommend it.
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Yes, it's like a poem.
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is quite good too, as is:
New Romantics
parliamentarians
the poor
I saw Waiting for Godot on Thursday evening... Roger Rees' slumping, almost cowering in defeat as McKellen delivers the final 'Crritic!' - lovely stuff. It was the first time I've seen it and the suspense and emotion arising out of nothing happening, twice, was amazing. Musical language, indeed.
Was there a list of black dress, women's too? Nuns, widows, Italian grandmothers, S&M mistresses, Audrey Hepburn?
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formality
Methodism
mourning
power
service
sexuality
smartness
strength