IV Killing Puck

rich richard.romeo at gmail.com
Mon Dec 14 16:51:47 CST 2009


On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Rob Jackson <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
>> >
>
> Part of the reason that Bigfoot gets Doc to do the dirty work here is
> because the PI isn't bound by the law in the same way that a cop is. Bigfoot
> would have had to arrest Puck once he'd been immobilised; Doc, however, who
> is described as 'giving in to a fury'  and going way over the top in beating
> Puck's head against the 'marble doorsill' even after he has '[brought] him
> down' (p. 327), has no qualms about taking his revenge on the hit man.
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one thing I failed to mention is that Doc's 'fury' or aggressiveness
could be explained by him getting that does of angel dust which is one
mofo of a drug and does make some rather violent.

Rich



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