GR translation: Closet Intellectual Book & candycane control room

[Paul Mackin]

1. Either a book written by or intended for an intellectual who doesn't
want his intellectualism known.  The former being sort of a contradiction.
It's all very jokey.

2. A toy control room. Synonym: Mickey Mouse control room.  Or, perhaps a
control room with inferior, second rate equipment.

Don't remember enough about the context.  Too long unread.

On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 2:00 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V680.25-35, P693.33-694.3   Maximilian is way down in the bottom of the
> orchestra pit posing as the C-melody saxophone player, complete with Closet
> Intellectual Book, The Wisdom of the Great Kamikaze Pilots, with
> illustrations by Walt Disney—screaming, hairy-nosed, front teeth in white
> dihedral, slant-eyed (long, elaborate curlicued shapes) round black
> licorice dognosed Japs, zoomin’ through ev’ry page! and any time he’s not
> playing that saxophone, you can be sure Maximilian will be, to the casual
> observer, immersed in this diffuse, though rewarding, work. Myrtle meantime
> is back in the candycane control room, manning the switchboard and ready to
> swoop in at any time to save the others, who are sure (through their own
> folly if nothing else) to be in deep trouble soon.
>
> 1. Is the purpose of the Closet Intellectual Book to hide the fact that
> one is actually an intellectual?
>
> 2. What is a "candycane control room"?
>
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