There is a certain self-delighted quality to all this cleverness that would probably become annoying if Fforde weren't so resolutely unclever about his own writing.
His nerdy bumpkin quality delighted Aura — the best beaches in the world! five different kinds of banana!
"So her selection carried an echo of our numismatic past," said the Mint director, sounding thoroughly delighted at the quality of change lately.
"Delighted, absolutely delighted," she said.
Most Americans would be delighted to have the quality of care found in places like Rochester, Minnesota, or Seattle, Washington, or Durham, North Carolina — all of which have world-class hospitals and costs that fall below the national average.
Most Americans would be delighted to have the quality of care found in places like Rochester, Minnesota, or Seattle, Washington, or Durham, North Carolina all of which have world-class hospitals and costs that fall below the national average.
We're at once delighted and a little bewildered about this latest digital development and our place in it: delighted because of the quality of what the tablet provides and the speed with which the magazine can be distributed, but bewildered, too, because we'd be liars if we said we knew precisely where technology will lead.
"Gold" is so unlike Cleave's earlier work that it doesn't seem implausible to imagine a mate down at the pub challenging him to write a novel without any of the qualities that so delighted readers of "Incendiary" and "Little Bee": vibrant first-person narrators, snap-snap dialogue, sharp wit, complex cultural-political themes, brisk scenes and deeply engaging characters.
"We were absolutely delighted to get someone of his quality.
"Alan Smith is a player of great quality and I am delighted we have been able to get this deal over the line," Robinson told mkdons.com. .
