Chapter 13
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Contents
Page 207
The vibes around Robbery-Homicide Division this morning
Morning, Tuesday, April 28, 1970.
Page 208
Code 7
Meal break.
Cielo Drive
Site of the Manson family murders. More here.
Page 211
Evelyn Wood
Developed a system for speed reading. More here.
Fontana
A city in San Bernardino County, roughly 50 miles east of Los Angeles.
Puck's file could be in storage...someplace like Fontana....
Possibly an oblique reference to The Big Sleep. Art Huck's chop shop where Eddie Mars' wife is hiding out is located a mile beyond Realito (Rialto). Fontana is adjacent to Rialto in San Bernadino County.
Page 212
"Chotto, Kenichiro! Dozo, motto panukeiku."
Hey, Ken! Please, more pancakes. (Pannukakku: Finnish Oven Baked Pancake)
Page 216
Waiting at the office when Doc got back from lunch
afternoon, Tuesday, April 28, 1970.
Page 218
'69 Camaro
a bright red '69 Camaro
Page 219
mug ... intended to keep the mustache of the drinker from getting soaked ... belonged to Marshal Earp
Perhaps only a bizarre coincidence, but a colleague who worked with Pynchon at Boeing in the early '60s, speaking in 1990, described Pynchon as having sported a "kind of Wyatt Earp-type handlebar mustache."
Page 221
They drove toward a spectacular desert sunset
Evening, Tuesday, April 28, 1970.
Page 223
'62 Bonneville
a stolen '62 Bonneville parked in a cul-de-sac off Sunset
Page 225
Ernest Tubb, Jim Reeves, and Webb Pierce
aka, old school country music.
John Garfield John Garfield (March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor. Garfield was especially adept at playing brooding, rebellious, working-class character roles. [1]
Puck and Einar might not be in tonight.
Evening, Tuesday, April 28, 1970.
Page 226
Meantime there's the rent coming due and so forth.
Plausible enough, as it's Tuesday, April 28, 1970.
Page 228
Wild Bill Hickok's last poker hand
Maybe the most (in)famous hand in poker history. When Hickok was shot dead in 1876, he was playing poker and holding two pair: aces and eights. Since then, that hand has been called "Dead Man's Hand".
Page 232
Next thing he knew it seemed to be early afternoon
Afternoon, Wednesday, April 29, 1970.
As it was getting dark, Trillium finally showed up.
Evening, Wednesday, April 29, 1970.
Page 233
Dietz & Schwartz, Haunted Heart
- In the night,
- though we're apart
- there's a ghost of you
- within my haunted heart . . .
- Ghost of you,
- my last romance,
- lips that laughed,
- eyes that danced . . .
- Haunted heart
- won't let me be
- dreams repeat a sweet
- but lonely song to me . . .
- Dreams are dust,
- it's you who must
- belong to me . . .
- and thrill my haunted heart . . .
- Be still, my haunted heart . . .
- < instrumental break >
- Dreams are dust,
- it's you who must
- belong to me . . .
- and thrill my haunted heart . . .
- Be still, my haunted heart . . .
--from the musical production Inside U.S.A. Music by Arthur Schwartz with lyrics by Howard Dietz, 1948
| Chapter 1 pp. 1-18 |
Chapter 2 pp. 19-45 |
Chapter 3 pp. 46-49 |
Chapter 4 pp. 50-54 |
Chapter 5 pp. 55-67 |
| Chapter 6 pp. 68-88 |
Chapter 7 pp. 89-110 |
Chapter 8 pp. 111-123 |
Chapter 9 pp. 124-153 |
Chapter 10 pp. 154-162 |
| Chapter 11 pp. 163-185 |
Chapter 12 pp. 186-206 |
Chapter 13 pp. 207-234 |
Chapter 14 pp. 235-255 |
Chapter 15 pp. 256-274 |
| Chapter 16 pp. 275-295 |
Chapter 17 pp. 296-314 |
Chapter 18 pp. 315-342 |
Chapter 19 pp. 343-350 |
Chapter 20 pp. 351-363 |
| Chapter 21 pp. 364-369 |
