Atdtda22: [43.2] A telltale fatality for the garish, 619
Paul Nightingale
isread at btinternet.com
Mon Nov 19 03:02:26 CST 2007
[619.31-33] "... Foley's telltale fatality for the garish, exhibited here in
an outfit no description of whose tastefulness can be comfortably set upon
one's page ..."
Cf. Foley's appearance when introducing Kit to Scarsdale Vibe: "... wearing
a sporting suit in some horse-blanket plaid of violent orange and indigo,
and a top hat that matched, while the magnate was dressed more like a
feed-company clerk ..." etc (156).
However, cf. also Kit's first meeting with Foley at Colorado Springs:
nothing (99). And Foley's first appearance as "a large and criminal-looking
individual (31).
Cf. also Lew's introduction to suburbia on 610: "Elflock Villa turned out to
be a semi-detached residence of singular monstrosity, painted a vivid
yellowish green which had refused to dim at the same rate as the day."
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