Underground Man

[Monte Davis]

Robin quotes:
 
> There were five or six [scrub jays] taking turns at
> 	dive-bombing the window sill, then retreating to the magnolia
> 	tree next door...

[FX heel of hand strikes forehead]

Almost every one of Macdonald's his novels traces a California crime's
orgins back a generation or two into seriously archetypal family dramas and
betrayals. Vineland's opening and closing pages are hommage as clear as it
gets.