Galatea, the scissors were mentioned because, for some reason the Arab boy in what I now know was "The Immoralist" was playing with them in the novel. See:
The Immoralist Summary & Study Guide - Andre Gide - eNotes.com
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One day, Michel sees one of the boys, Moktir, steal a pair of his wife’s sewing scissors. Instead of reprimanding Moktir, or taking the scissors away from him, Michel lies to his wife about why the scissors are missing. After this incident, Michel finds that Moktir is his favorite of the children.
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Yes, it's Strindberg, funny mouth or no. Unlike Strindberg, Boris Vian looks as if he's trapped the cat's tail in his weird guitar-like instrument. Talking of Boris, here's a comic novelist, author of "Seventy-Two Virgins" and other books, patriotic to a tee:
The comic novel in question is about the House of Commons being taken over by Islamic fundamentalists, as can maybe be guessed from the title.
I like the English flag; similar ones with one or more red crosses crop up all over the place where Saint George is revered, e.g. Georgia.
And what I also like is that the English have that kind of sense of humour that such an erudite buffoon can become the Mayor of London, not to be confused with the post of
Lord Mayor of London, as held by the legendary Dick Whittington.
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Of Daniel's photos of two men, the upper one looks very familiar, but I can't put my finger on the name.
Highsmith looked rather sweet when she was young, but a good deal more crabby as an older lady, steeped in cigarette smoke, no doubt.