does the guard let go of him, and grab him back again?
The producer’s bright dark eyes were fixed intently on Strike. He clenched and relaxed his thug’s hands. After several long seconds he said:
“You’re full of shit.”
But he did not instruct the waiting guards to drag Strike from his room.
“The photographer was standing on the pavement opposite your house in the early hours of the eighth of January. The guy who took the pictures doesn’t realize what he’s got. If you don’t want to discuss it, fine; police or press, I don’t care. It’ll come to the same thing in the end.”
Strike took a few steps towards the door; the guards, each of whom was still holding him by the arm, were caught by surprise, and momentarily forced into the absurd position of holding him back.in " each of whom was still holding him by the arm, were caught by surprise, and momentarily forced into the absurd position of holding him back.", does it mean "Strke get rid of that two guard momentarily? and then was grabbed again by them? what does "absurd position"mean?

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does the guard let go of him, and grab him back again?
The producer’s bright dark eyes were fixed intently on Strike. He clenched and relaxed his thug’s hands. After several long seconds he said:
“You’re full of shit.”
But he did not instruct the waiting guards to drag Strike from his room.
“The photographer was standing on the pavement opposite your house in the early hours of the eighth of January. The guy who took the pictures doesn’t realize what he’s got. If you don’t want to discuss it, fine; police or press, I don’t care. It’ll come to the same thing in the end.”
Strike took a few steps towards the door; the guards, each of whom was still holding him by the arm, were caught by surprise, and momentarily forced into the absurd position of holding him back.in " each of whom was still holding him by the arm, were caught by surprise, and momentarily forced into the absurd position of holding him back.", does it mean "Strke get rid of that two guard momentarily? and then was grabbed again by them? what does "absurd position"mean?

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thank you!

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I think:

The two guards were not expecting Strike to start walking towards the door, so when he did begin walking they were caught by surprise (but remained holding his arms the entire time), and as they were still holding his arms they were accidentally stopping him from leaving.

'absurd' usually means 荒唐, but here it probably means something like 无意
Hope that helps!

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