Current Reading: Cloudsplitter

I do enjoy reading the occasional long (500 page plus) novel. Russell Banks Cloudsplitter is a good choice for those interested in long novels. The first line of the novel is 

Upon waking this cold, gray morning from a troubled sleep, I realized for the hundredth time, but this time with deep conviction, that my words and behavior towards you were disrespectful, and rude and selfish as well.