I could use some enlightenment, here. I'm about halfway
through Raymond's HE DIED WITH HIS EYES OPEN, and I've run
across some terms that the context doesn't give away. The
detective goes into a bar and states that several
"National Fronters" are sitting in a booth. He says that two
are "mods" and another is a "rocker" and that they are
normally mortal enemies. Another time someone mentions going
to a bar looking for a "golly". Somebody when he is being
questioned, says he likes a "charver" as well as the next
guy. The detective orders a "ring-a-ding" drink at a
bar.
What are all these quoted terms?
And so far the book has been excellent. I've rarely seen an
author as good at depicting man's inhumanity to man as such a
natural state. And accept for maybe Earl Thompson's GARDEN OF
SAND, I don't think I've ever seen such shockingly horrid
depravity. Naturally, I love it.
;-) I've got I WAS DORA SUAREZ coming, and I can't wait. I
hear it's even worse.
thanks, miker
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