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...pumped up reds-speed-and-Jack-Daniels buzz twisted, writhed and plummeted into the mellow blue-black of sweet Colombian dope and then, groggily, awoke into a bright new day of desert sunshine, cocaine and, lest we forget, as its undeniable, irrepressible tendrils finger their way into our minds, Queen Acid, begging, declaring, forcing us to recognize that the black spot affixed near the apex of the road, the dot at the edge of infinity, has no, not four or 20 but a human two arms and two human legs--not far from reality, now, but the train is leaving...
BABET SCHROEDER'S Barfly is about a charmingly diminutive bum named Henry Chinaski (Mickey Rourke), who frequents seedy East L.A. bars, gets into fights, and drinks constantly. He also falls in love with a ravaged but residually beautiful booze queen named Wanda (Faye Dunaway). They meet in a bar, drink, stagger around the streets, drink, go to bed together, get in fights, go to bed some more, and drink a whole lot more...
CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE, Barrie Penrose and Simon Freeman -- IN SEARCH OF MELANCHOLY BABY, Vassily Aksyonov -- MAN OF THE HOUSE, Tip O'Neill with William Novak -- THE MAKING OF THE AFRICAN QUEEN, Katharine Hepburn -- MIAMI, Joan Didion -- THE SONGLINES, Bruce Chatwin
WELL, THE long and short of it is that ultimately I was unable to help the Royal Couple with their marital problems, and by extension, failed to obtain ancestral rights to any portion of the Queen's lands. But my trip was not a complete failure. I was able to buy a watch with a picture of Big Ben on it and one of those furry hats English guards wear. And, more than that, I think I learned a valuable lesson...
Never recommend the Japanese basket trick when the future Queen Mother of Britain is within earshot...