Premium Content View of Scene From pp. 101-105 in Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49
By Frances G. Tilney - November 01, 2000
Just before the morning rush hour, she got out of a jitney whose ancient driver ended each day in the red, downtown on Howard Street, began to walk toward the Embarcadero. She knew she looked terrible - knuckles black with eye-liner and mascara from where she'd rubbed, mouth tasting of old booze and coffee. Through an open doorway, on the stair…
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