GRGR(9): Location of the Casino

[Keith Woodward]

Sorry, should have mentioned that...

The casino, according to Weisenberger, is in Monaco.  Civilians wore wooden
shoes because the Germans snatched up the leather and rubber during the
occupation.

KW

At 04:53 PM 9/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Did anyone happen to catch if the story mentioned where the Casino
>Hermann Goering is? From that first sentence, which mentions "wood-soled
>civilian feet", I thought it might be in Holland; but on p. 182 Slothrop
>says, "...set foot on that France..." in a way that makes me think maybe
>that's where they are. Other issues: Holland in December I think would
>be way cold for their various beachgoing, octopus-fighting activities; I
>don't really know anything about Holland's status as Axis, Allied,
>neutral or occupied.
>
>That aside, if they are in Holland there are some cool parallels between
>p. 181 and p. 6, the one where Pirate is on his rooftop picking bananas
>and notices a vapor trail over by Holland.
>
>
keith w