Here the reader is treated to his knack for opening lines (" You are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning ") and his talent for bluntly evocative metaphor.

读者通过阅读《灯红酒绿》就能领略到他开场白的写作技巧(你不是那种早上这个时候以这种样子就出来人)和即刻唤起情感的隐喻才能。