"This kind of erotic reverie occupied great swathes of Dexter's mental energy, and he wondered if perhaps Emma was right, perhaps he was a little too distracted by the sexual side of things."
— Nicholls, David (b. 1966)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Vintage
Date
2009
Metaphor
"This kind of erotic reverie occupied great swathes of Dexter's mental energy, and he wondered if perhaps Emma was right, perhaps he was a little too distracted by the sexual side of things."
Metaphor in Context
Dexter wasn't sure what a bluestocking was, but nevertheless still felt a Pavlovian twinge of arousal at the word 'stocking'. As she talked, he pictured her wearing blue stockings before deciding blue stockings wouldn't suit her, or anyone in fact, and that stockings should real y only ever be black or possibly red like those ones Naomi had worn once, before deciding that maybe he was missing the point about the phrase 'blue stocking'. This kind of erotic reverie occupied great swathes of Dexter's mental energy, and he wondered if perhaps Emma was right, perhaps he was a little too distracted by the sexual side of things. Hourly he was rendered idiotic by bill boards, magazine covers, an inch of crimson bra-strap on a passing stranger, and it was even worse in summer. Surely it wasn't natural to feel as if he'd just got out of prison all the time? Concentrate.
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Reading
Citation
David Nicholls, One Day (New York: Vintage, 2009).
Date of Entry
07/16/2014
