Difference between revisions of "Chapter 12"
(Added explanation of Idlewild) |
|||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
Hamitic: relating to a group of chiefly northern African peoples that are mostly Muslims and mainly Caucasoid. | Hamitic: relating to a group of chiefly northern African peoples that are mostly Muslims and mainly Caucasoid. | ||
| + | <div id="semitic">356/394 -- '''Idlewild'''<br /> | ||
| + | John F. Kennedy International Airport was originally known as Idlewild Airport (IATA: IDL, ICAO: KIDL, FAA LID: IDL) after the Idlewild Golf Course that it displaced. The airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport on December 24, 1963, one month after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.[12] | ||
{{V PbP}} | {{V PbP}} | ||
Revision as of 09:55, 15 September 2011
- Please keep these annotations SPOILER-FREE by not revealing information from later pages in the novel.
492-page edition / 547-page edition
350/388 -- Semitic, Hamitic
Semitic: of or relating to the Semites, a group of peoples of southwestern Asia chiefly represented now by the Jews and Arabs, but in ancient times by the Babylonians, Assyrians, Aramaeans, Canaanites and Phoenicians.
Hamitic: relating to a group of chiefly northern African peoples that are mostly Muslims and mainly Caucasoid.
356/394 -- Idlewild
John F. Kennedy International Airport was originally known as Idlewild Airport (IATA: IDL, ICAO: KIDL, FAA LID: IDL) after the Idlewild Golf Course that it displaced. The airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport on December 24, 1963, one month after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.[12]
| Chapter 1 In which Benny Profane, a schlemihl and human yo-yo, gets to an apocheir 9/1 |
Chapter 2 The Whole Sick Crew 44/39 |
Chapter 3 In which Stencil, a quick-change artist, does eight impersonations 61/59 |
Chapter 4 In which Esther gets a nose job 95/97 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 5 In which Stencil nearly goes West with an alligator 111/115 |
Chapter 6 In which Profane returns to street level 134/141 |
Chapter 7 She hangs on the western wall 152/161 |
Chapter 8 In which Rachel gets her yo-yo back, Roony sings a song, and Stencil calls on Bloody Chiclitz 213/229 |
| Chapter 9 Mondaugen's story 229/247 |
Chapter 10 In which various sets of young people get together 280/305 |
Chapter 11 Confessions of Fausto Maijstral 304/333 |
Chapter 12 In which things are not so amusing 347/385 |
| Chapter 13 In which the yo-yo string is revealed as a state of mind 367/407 |
Chapter 14 V. in love 393/437 |
Chapter 15 Sahha 415/461 |
Chapter 16 Valletta 424/471 |
| Epilogue, 1919 456/507 |
