The Sunset Limited Page #3

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How do you do that?

Numbers are

the black man's friend...

Butter and eggs, crap table.

You quick with numbers, you can

work the mojo on your brother,

confiscate the contents

of his pocketbook.

You get a lot of time to practice

that sh*t in the jailhouse.

I see.

Let's get back to you and

all these books you read.

You say you done read

Probably, maybe more than that.

But not this book.

Uh, no, not the whole...

- Why is that?

- I don't know.

Well, what would you say is

the best book ever wrote?

I have no idea.

Well, take a shot.

There are a lot of good books.

Pick one.

- Maybe "War and Peace."

- All right.

Do you think that book's

as good as this one?

I don't know.

They're different kinds of books.

This "War and Peace" book...

It's a book somebody made up, right?

Well, yes.

So is that what makes it

different from this here book?

No, in my view

they're both made up.

Ain't neither one of them true?

Not in the historical

sense, no.

Hmm.

Well, what would be

a true book?

I suppose maybe a history book.

Gibbon's "Decline and Fall

of the Roman Empire" might be one.

At least the events

would be actual events.

They would be things

that had happened.

Hmm.

So you think that book is as

good a book as this book?

- The Bible?

- The Bible.

I don't know. Gibbon's is a cornerstone.

It's a major book.

- And a true book. Don't forget that.

- And a true book, yes.

But is it as good a book?

I don't know.

I don't know as you can

make a comparison.

We're talking about

apples and pears.

We ain't talking about no

apples and pears, professor.

We're talking about books.

Is that "Decline and Fall" book

as good a book

as this here book?

Answer the question.

I'm gonna have to say no.

Used to say right here

on the cover

'fore it got wore down...

"The greatest book

ever written."

- Think that might be true?

- It might.

- You read good books.

- I try to, yes.

But you ain't read

the best book.

- Why is that?

- I've got to go.

You don't need to go, professor.

Just stay here and visit with me.

You' afraid I'll go back

to the train station.

You might, so just

stay here with me.

What if I promised I wouldn't?

You might anyway.

Don't you need to go to work?

I was on my way to work.

A funny thing happened to

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