BEg2 chapter 2 groaner

[Michael Bailey]

Reg hasn’t sold his soul yet. “…maybe a couple bars of rhythm and blues
here and there…”

Detournement of an accusation that used to - in movies anyway - get hurled
with the expectation that the accused would actually pause to wonder if the
shoe fit.

One of those Pynchonian daddish jokes that nestles in some sulcus or other
like a .bat file and just keeps on giving.