Zoyd

[Rob Jackson]

"Zoyd, to be sure, made a point of never pocketing any of Hector's PI  
money personally, though he was content to go on eating the groceries,  
burning the gas, and smoking the pot others obtained with it." (VL 24)

PI = "Purchase-of-Information"

Zoyd is characterised here as both a hypocrite and a knowing  
accomplice in the snitch racket. The negative tone adopted in the  
narrative towards Zoyd in this instance is quite plain, and it's  
precisely what the "technically" hedge in the earlier scene is  
referring to.

best regards


alice
> But he also works for the big bad government. What does he do for
>> them? He rats people out [...].
>

Tore
> "Hector had been trying over and over for years to develop him as a
> resource, and so far - technically - Zoyd had hung on to his  
> virginity."
> (VL, 12)