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hunting. An experienced yachter falls off his boat--We don't think so!
Cossacks. They had pointy teeth.
deaf and mute. Deaf and he could hunt!?
Ship-trap Island. The sinking of ships was NOT accidental.
ennui. Zaroff DID use the sailors as filet mignon for his dogs, though.
A gas bomb. A marble sized gas bomb he carries in a special pocket of his shorts. The type of gas used could vary from knockout to deadly
N3. He is now the top rated killmaster
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A stiletto. He called the knife Hugo, and usually keeps it in an arm sheath
Richard Chua. Zwetters was Miles' boss in {London;} Leeson was a real-life rogue {trader;} I made up Henry Loh.
Lennie Weinreb. Lennie, 74, retired to a villa in Spain after advising Bernie to give up showbiz.
Knightsbridge. Tim's former wife Magda enrolled Gemma in the class from New York - later, of course, Magda has her 'kidnapped' from the class.
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.
Torso. Tim likens the scars to a Miro painting, 'with its little squiggles and hieroglyphs.'
Serbian chicken. The cracked wheat caught fire...
Kenya. The Chief's full address: Private Bag 10, Uzumbu, North East District, Kenya.
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...'
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.
Chaka. Simba, of course, is Cochrane's nickname.
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...'
Stubbs. George Stubbs - he painted a lot of horse and lion pictures.
Manhattan. Tim describes himself as '...a bush league Alastair Cooke or Garrison Keillor...'
Doris Pollymoss. 'A name right out of Dickens,' reflects Tim. Tibbs was the Billingsgate fishmonger, of course...
Buzz Bomb. 'With additional lyrics by T. Curtiz.'
because of Savannah. Tom went to New York to help his sister Savannah, who had tried to commit suicide.
October 4, 1944. Tom and Savannah were born during the great storm Bathsheba, midwifed by Sarah Jenkins.
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