Corner of St. Laurent and Villeneuve.
Caucasian male, 30s, brown tousled hair, plaid Western shirt, skinny jeans, sneakers, carrying nothing but a novel.
Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides (Vintage Canada)
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Eleutherios and Desdemona Stephanides left Bithynios on August 31, 1922. They left on foot, carrying two suitcases packed with clothes, toiletries, Desdemona’s dream book and worry beads, and two of Lefty’s texts of Ancient Greek. Under her arm Desdemona also carried her silkworm box containing a few hundred silkworm eggs wrapped in a white cloth.
Day. Kettle whistling.
Romana: Remember when we stopped eating honey?
Noveline (crossly): Yes. (relenting) The poor little bee slaves.
Romana: Well, there’s something I need to tell you about your dressing gown.
