TRTR, Pt2, C2...."the black poodle, which had been biting its nails" p.349

[Mark Kohut]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_dog_(ghost)
 
Was Winston Churchill's nickname for his depression, "black dog" common knowledge
at the time of The Recognitions.?(Not that I think Gaddis is referring to depression, if anything, here)
just curious. public talk about depression not too common. 
 
Sometimes a black poodle is just a black dog---Heinz Kohut (joke)
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