Could a classic ever be improve upon? How about their opening line? This is a mashup of American Book Review’s fascinating list of their 100 best opening lines of novels with a tweet by Marc Laidlaw, who created a nice approach to revisiting first lines of books. His 3 March 2017 tweet said, “The first line of almost any story can be improved by making sure the second line is, 'And then the murders began.'” The result is usually uproarious comedy. For now, please enjoy this test of beautiful literature reimagined darkly...