Montjuich // Deux Especes //

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

Montjuich apparently means "hill of the Jews" in Catalan, and 
"hill of Jupiter" in Latin

major league prison, another Bastille almost,
and another major cultural phenomenon like
McKim, Mead & White, or Grand Guignol...

p371 - Deux Especes - "two species" 

p371 - "It was an old deception by now, natural as
swallowing spit." As does Frank, Reef has to deal
with people who think he is Kieselguhr.
Similar thing in Iraq lately, where "Al Bagdadi" may
actually be a myth.

Interesting that for Reef, the mention of Kieselguhr
prompts him to, like, not actually deny the identity
(repress the notion to do so), and also
to pointedly not think of Stray and Jesse (repress that thought
also) -- it's like the bomber thing isn't really him,
he just feels like he has to do it; but the family
man is, though he feels like he has to deny it...