Vineland, publishing info, dedication, pgs. 96/97

[Robin Landseadel]

On Nov 30, 2008, at 8:31 PM, Michael Bailey wrote:

> "...the one about the postmodern gangster who makes you an offer you
> can't understand..." - Charles Stross


". . .Maybe I could let yiz off with ten choruses of 'Ave Maria' and a  
Act of
Contrition? No? So tell me, while you can, what's goin' on? Didn' Little
Ralph say nothin' ta yiz? Hey! Wait a minute! What's this?" In the  
course
of having the head on which it sat shaken back and forth, Billy's  
"Italian"
wig had begun to slide off, revealing his real hairstyle, dyed today a  
vivid
turquoise. "You guys ain't Gino Baglione and the Paisans!" Carmine
shook his head, cracked his knuckles. "That's false pretenses, fellas!
Don't you know you can end up in small-claims for that? . . ."

. . .Fortunately Ralph Wayvone's library happened to include a copy of  
the
indispensable Italian Wedding Fake Book, by Deleuze & Guattari, which
Gelsomina, the bride, to protect her wedding from such possible unlucky
omens as blood on the wedding cake, had the presence of mind to slip
indoors and bring back out to Billy Barf's attention. . .

VL, pgs 96/97