ATDTDA (13): Hell is where we all went, 372

[Paul Nightingale]

At the end of 27.5 and the beginning of 27.6 Flaco prepares the novel for
'Europe'. Cf. the opening reference to "the inexorable rising tide of World
Anarchism" (Lindsay, 6) and Lew's 'vision' (50). Veikko equates "the Tsar's
regime [to] American capitalism" (83). Now, Flaco resorts to quasi-mystical
language, eg ". the more repressive the State is, the closer life under it
resembles death" (372). This-and the subsequent extension of the state to
include a range of capitalist institutions ("the Church, the latifundios,
the banks and corporations, of course")-might recall Reef's lament for "a
regular human life" (361), begging the question: is it possible, even for,
in Flaco's words, "those who had voted and paid our taxes like good
bourgeoisie" (372)?