the last book I ever read (The Long-Legged Fly: A Lew Griffin Novel by James Sallis, excerpt one)

from The Long-Legged Fly: A Lew Griffin Novel by James Sallis:

I got up and went to the window, taking the bourbon with me. I put it down in one gulp and put the glass on the sill. Down in the street a group of kids were playing what looked like cops and robbers. The robbers were winning.