Ahab, Hook, And Crocodile Time

[Terrance]

Sorry, this isn't really apost on Melville or Pynchon. 

This entire chapter reminds me of a Bewitched episode. 



Somebody else acted Peter Pan.
I swallowed an alarm clock
And over the school playground's macadam
Crawled from prehistory towards him
Tick Tock Tick Tock the crocodile.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v20n04/sans2004.htm

FLIGHTS OF FANCY IN NONNUS AND J.M.BARRIE
Dionysus and Peter Pan

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ElAnt/V3N5/newbold.html