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May 31, 2013
The film called “PIPPA 50”, embedded on the title page of the...
The film called “PIPPA 50”, embedded on the title page of the E-Book’s Part VII (which comprises mini-chapters 84-94)
This film is at http://www.rohanquine.com/video-books-films/part-vii
In it are coloured shadows for Part VII as a whole, being just one lens’s suggestion of Pippa Vail.
The film’s audio/text is at http://www.rohanquine.com/video-books-films/part-vii/film-audio-text (and comprises an extract from mini-chapter 50 “Unnerving things in Pippa’s bedroom”).
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May 30, 2013
94. “Theft five, with suicide and soup-of-the-day”
“I used to...
94. “Theft five, with suicide and soup-of-the-day”
“I used to paddle in the sea in flip-flops in the summer, feeling the dead shrimps nestling in between my toes—and all the fluffy clouds in the sky, like dead bunnies. Those were the days.”
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 94 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook94.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 94 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook94.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 94:
Rik films a fifth secret spokes-sheep session, perhaps the last, with new material from Angel, Shigem, Kim and Shigem, Kim, Angel and Lucan, Pippa, and Angel again; while Jaymi says, to Alaia’s pleasure, that he should give his four targets back their privacy. Then Jaymi visits Evelyn’s and Rik’s place for a mellow hang-out, with red wine and conversation both silly and serious.
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May 29, 2013
93. “Angel’s Baby Doll”
Harder at the ropes she yanks, and...
93. “Angel’s Baby Doll”
Harder at the ropes she yanks, and wetter do her eyes run, and more and more stunning is her blonde hair swinging through the hot black, locked in its own swishy dripping private silence … and you feel as if you’re looking back inside yourself, Angel, as if you once were her, the Baby Doll.
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 93 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook93.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 93 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook93.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 93:
Outside Downstairs, Jaymi tunes in to an exhausted Angel: first being driven home, then half-asleep in churning fantasies that are soon cut short by the sensual brutality of a typical arrival home by Lucan.
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May 28, 2013
92. “Alaia slithers out of Lucan’s grip”
“I’d rather suck on a...
92. “Alaia slithers out of Lucan’s grip”
“I’d rather suck on a urinal cake,” she calls, without looking back.
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 92 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook92.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 92 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook92.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 92:
To Jaymi outside, Evelyn wonders whether Alaia has spilled something about the spying, and a certain distrust hangs in the air. At Downstairs, Lucan corners Alaia and Jaymi alone, saying he has worked out, from the way Evelyn was talking on the phone, that Alaia hasn’t yet told Evelyn about having delivered the wrong DVD to him. Alaia smoothly dissuades Lucan from informing Evelyn of this, by pretending to have been concerned simply not to look like a dumb-ass in Evelyn’s eyes; this is understood by Lucan, who buys her lie that she has nonetheless obediently conveyed to the General Network’s management Lucan’s threat to go public about the company’s spying unless he is paid off soon. Lucan also asks Alaia to snoop around at Evelyn’s and let him know if there are any wax-modelling materials there.
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May 27, 2013
91. “My lies about the Mint Man”
As his beautiful warm brown...
91. “My lies about the Mint Man”
As his beautiful warm brown eyes smile into mine from close up, there flickers something of our magical communion on the dance-floor, before he contrives a moment later to whisper with equal quietness back into my ear, You don’t have to, Jaymi—I totally trust you.
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 91 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook91.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 91 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook91.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 91:
Again unaccompanied by Alaia, Jaymi visits Shigem, who tells him and Evelyn about Lucan’s threatening call and odd knowledge about Shigem’s Mint Man dream. Evelyn confesses that the Metropolitan did arrange for Jaymi to spy on Angel, of which Lucan became aware, but (she lies) it never arranged any spying on Kim and Shigem. Jaymi suggests Lucan must have overheard Shigem talk about his dream while drunk. Amid amusing prattle, Shigem says that although he is terrified he may hear a knock on his door from Lucan or Damian, still he couldn’t snitch on Pippa to Lucan. When Jaymi and Evelyn leave, Shigem whispers in his ear, “I don’t care if you did!”, referring to the possibility that Jaymi has spied into him.
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May 26, 2013
90. “Pippa on the brink of no return”
This is the last game of...
90. “Pippa on the brink of no return”
This is the last game of all, Pippa, here among the slip-roads. The rain upon a bandstand that only you can see thaws out a music that was played here and frozen in a silent ring, awaiting your arrival now—notes rubbed thin by the ghosts of many tears. “What a nice day,” you say, and wish that it were so.
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 90 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook90.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 90 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook90.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 90:
Outside, Jaymi and Kim separate. Jaymi tunes in to Pippa, finding she has gone straight out for a walk and has now reached a state of such extreme depression and loneliness that she is starting to lose it.
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May 25, 2013
89. “Hunting the weasel”
There ahead of me is the hallway—and a...
89. “Hunting the weasel”
There ahead of me is the hallway—and a cold chill runs through me as I see a horrible figure halfway down it, staring right back at me, with arms rigidly at its sides and a spiky hairdo that’s both creepy and goofy.
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 89 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook89.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 89 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook89.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 89:
Jaymi and Kim rendezvous at Pippa’s. While Kim stays with her in the sitting room watching Sound & Vision with the volume up, Jaymi slips into the hallway and looks through the narrow door’s keyhole, but can see only darkness. He tries the handle but it is locked; he gives a quiet knock and murmurs, listening hard for any vegetable Angel grunt or shriek in reply, but hears nothing.
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May 24, 2013
88. “An interrupted drama and a dubious portent”
Then you all...
88. “An interrupted drama and a dubious portent”
Then you all turn towards a miniature blaze of golden light in your midst, emanating from where a dedicated beam of sun strikes Lucan’s crucifix pendant. Damian turns his eyes to the ground—hunted, humble. Lucan’s face assumes a hint of the messianic; Flames looks earnest; Kev picks his teeth.
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 88 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook88.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 88 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook88.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 88:
Jaymi and Kim separate. Jaymi tunes in to Angel at home, where Lucan is having a phone conversation with Evelyn. From his words it is evident that Lucan is trying hard to make her mention the existence of the footage proving Shigem’s alibi, but that she is just not going to mention it. After the call Lucan tells Angel he’s sure this means Evelyn simply doesn’t know that Alaia gave Lucan the wrong disc. Jaymi’s tune-in to Angel concludes with Lucan and Angel going out to meet Flames, Kev and Damian, when the customary sensuality and anguish of Angel’s internal life is counterpoised by the group’s somewhat comical silent awe at an ocean cloudscape resembling a kitsch vision of the Christian Nativity.
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May 23, 2013
87. “Fixing the weasel hunt”
“Well, I’ve actually been meaning...
87. “Fixing the weasel hunt”
“Well, I’ve actually been meaning to take something round to her—just a copy of Sound & Vision, since she missed it. So why don’t I give her a call right now and see if we can pop round?”
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 87 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook87.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 87 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook87.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 87:
Wanting to visit Pippa before Kim shops her to Lucan, Jaymi pockets a copy of Sound & Vision and “bumps into” Kim outside. When Kim admits he is considering snitching on Pippa, Jaymi suggests they visit her beforehand, and Kim agrees. Jaymi arranges with her on the phone that he and Kim will visit at three.
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May 22, 2013
86. “Stared at on an empty beach”
Then alone in London at the...
86. “Stared at on an empty beach”
Then alone in London at the window of your bed-sit, you watched the lights reflected on the surface of the wet streets. You met friends and others, and you partied and ran around, but still in many ways you were alone, as you liked to be.
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 86 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook86.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 86 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook86.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 86:
Taking in the thoughtful, slightly pessimistic cast of his mind, Jaymi tunes in to Kim wandering among the ravaged sights of Asbury Park and half-deciding to snitch on Pippa to Lucan by himself.
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