sinisterra

[Erik T. Burns]

I also like the echo of "Finisterra", which is literally "the end of the
earth" or "land's end"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finist%C3%A8re
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Finisterre

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Finisterre>and don't forget that Frank
Sinisterra's son Chaby is Otto's rival for Esme's attentions.

a-and from the wikipedia note on Cape Finisterre:

San Guillerme, also known as St. William of
Penacorada<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penacorada>
,[10] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finisterra#cite_note-9> lived in a house
located on Monte Facho. Near San Guillerme's house is a stone now known as
"St William's Stone" (*Pedra de San Guillerme*). Sterile couples used to
copulate on St. William's Stone to try to conceive, following a Celtic rite
of fertility.[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finisterra#cite_note-stoneland-2>

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finisterra#cite_note-stoneland-2>

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Edward A Moore <edmoorester at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thought it was neat that Gaddis named the phony doctor "Sinisterra" in
> the book because in organic chem "sinister" means left handed and what
> is the left but an imitation of the right (dextro)?
>
> There is one assassin in the Old Testament who is notably left handed.
> He is not properly frisked for a knife because they look in right
> handed spots where he might hide one. I doubt the name is important.
>
>  It is interesting to see how chance will play in this book. "No
> Country for Old Men" had a lot of chance elements in it (the coin
> primarily).
>
> ed
>
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