Mark (and Karin)--
I'm just thrilled you enjoyed THE WHEELMAN. And yep, you
guessed it:
"Kowalski" is shout-out to the VANISHING POINT character, as
well as
"Leon Kowalski," the replicant played by Brion James, in
BLADE RUNNER.
(In the next novel, THE BLONDE, Kowalski is one of the main
characters. It is a stand-alone; no need to have read
WHEELMAN... though it can't hurt.)
Anyway, as for those MAJOR-ASS SPOILERS...
(...just want to make sure nobody stumbles into these
unaware....)
> MAJOR SPOILER ALERT
>
> When
> Perelli's men went to check the bodies in the pipe,
they found six
> bodies. But I only counted five -- Bling, Mikal and
Andrew on the
> first
> dump, Holden later dumped Evsei and Wilcoxson. So
who'd I miss?
Remember in BLADE RUNNER when Bryant says that six Nexus-6
replicants escaped from the off-world colony, but later in
the movie, you realize that there are only five that can be
accounted for? This is sort of like that.
> Also,
> are we supposed to know who are in the last two body
bags? Did the
> mustached guy perfom a coup on Perelli and take
either Dovaz or his
> daughter with him? Or were they just two more,
random casualties?
I wanted to leave the bodies in those bags up to
interpretation. But my guess is, Saugherty had it right--once
word about a new body-dump site spread throughout the mob
community, some people decided to take advantage of the
opportunity. Hey, only so many people can fit on the bottom
of the Delaware River...
I'm surprised you didn't ask me why Lennon, an avowed
non-smoker, is seen smoking while he walks across the Ben
Franklin Bridge...
Cheers--
Duane
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