FROM BOOKS #6
The entire day had been spent finding the item for Mr Tagomi, and Childan's bitterness and anxiety almost overwhelmed him as he watched the buildings pass. And yet - triumph. The separate skill, apart from the rest of him: he had found the right thing, and Mr Tagomi would be mollified and his client, whoever he was, would be overjoyed. I always give satisfaction, Childan thought. To my customers.
He had been able to procure, miraculously, an almost mint copy of Volume One, Number One of TIP TOP COMICS. Dating from the 'thirties, it was a choice piece of Americana; one of the first funny books, a prize collectors searched for constantly. Of course, he had other items with him, to show first. He would lead up gradually to the funny book, which lay well-protected in a leather case packed in tissue paper at the centre of the largest bag.
- THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE (1962) by Philip K Dick
He had been able to procure, miraculously, an almost mint copy of Volume One, Number One of TIP TOP COMICS. Dating from the 'thirties, it was a choice piece of Americana; one of the first funny books, a prize collectors searched for constantly. Of course, he had other items with him, to show first. He would lead up gradually to the funny book, which lay well-protected in a leather case packed in tissue paper at the centre of the largest bag.
- THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE (1962) by Philip K Dick