The only part of Ford’s proposition that one might quibble over is just what he means by “quality.” Is he speaking of what Merriam Webster refers to in its primary definition as “peculiar and essential character” or the secondary “degree of excellence”? Which is to say, does he mean that page 99 will reveal the nature of the book we’re looking at, or that is will reveal whether or not the book is any damn good? "Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you." -Ford Madox Ford Ford has to say just so we’re clear on the nature of the test. Having applied the Test to one of my previous Joe Pitt novels, I’ve returned to endure the trials of the Test for the latest Joe Pitt: Every Last Drop. He applied the “ Test” to the latest Joe Pitt novel, Every Last Drop, and reported the following: His first three Joe Pitt novels are Already Dead, No Dominion, and Half the Blood in Brooklyn. Charlie Huston is the author of the Henry Thompson Trilogy ( Caught Stealing, Six Bad Things, and A Dangerous Man) and a standalone, The Shotgun Rule.
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