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ennui. Zaroff DID use the sailors as filet mignon for his dogs, though.
Ship-trap Island. The sinking of ships was NOT accidental.
deaf and mute. Deaf and he could hunt!?
Cossacks. They had pointy teeth.
hunting. An experienced yachter falls off his boat--We don't think so!
Buzz Bomb. 'With additional lyrics by T. Curtiz.'
Doris Pollymoss. 'A name right out of Dickens,' reflects Tim. Tibbs was the Billingsgate fishmonger, of course...
Manhattan. Tim describes himself as '...a bush league Alastair Cooke or Garrison Keillor...'
Stubbs. George Stubbs - he painted a lot of horse and lion pictures.
Deptford. Deptford: '...a part of London so dismal it was only known, if at all, as the birthplace of some of the Stones a long time ago...'
Chaka. Simba, of course, is Cochrane's nickname.
Renault. Miles crashes it in Trafalgar Square - the car's underside is ripped open as it comes to rest at the base of one of the lion statues.
Sussex. 'At 19 she had set off to Sussex University, and at 29 she was sitting alone on a Sunday morning in London, wondering where those years had gone...'
Kenya. The Chief's full address: Private Bag 10, Uzumbu, North East District, Kenya.
Serbian chicken. The cracked wheat caught fire...
Torso. Tim likens the scars to a Miro painting, 'with its little squiggles and hieroglyphs.'
American Eagle. It may not be the real name of the card - 'these people are madly litigious,' Tim notes at the beginning of the novel.
Knightsbridge. Tim's former wife Magda enrolled Gemma in the class from New York - later, of course, Magda has her 'kidnapped' from the class.
Lennie Weinreb. Lennie, 74, retired to a villa in Spain after advising Bernie to give up showbiz.
Richard Chua. Zwetters was Miles' boss in {London;} Leeson was a real-life rogue {trader;} I made up Henry Loh.
Hormone Patch. He thinks he doesn't have hormones, because he doesn't feel anything for Belinda.
Hot Food. They sell hot food from their pink van at the beaches.
Leanne . Leanne is very rebellious.
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