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A giant, physically powerful man with mild developmental disabilities, Manson is Cornelius Hickey's lover and chief crony. Hickey uses Manson as a sort of living weapon, setting him on people who get in his way. Despite this, Manson is well-regarded by the crew, as his immense strength proves useful for many tasks aboard the ship.
The reason for the opening of the book taking place in Key West was a vacation Child spent there in 1996. [4] The provisional title for Tripwire was The Hook, but that name was scrapped as Putnam believed the title was not "punchy" enough. [5] Putnam also believed The Hook would remind people too much of Peter Pan. [6]
Harold LeClair Ickes (/ ˈ ɪ k ə s / IK-əs; March 15, 1874 – February 3, 1952) was an American administrator, politician and lawyer.He served as United States Secretary of the Interior for nearly 13 years from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to hold the office, and the second longest-serving Cabinet member in U.S. history after James Wilson.
The odds of dying from a hickey-induced blood clot are vanishingly small. But venous blood clots kill more people than breast cancer, car crashes, and AIDS combined each year. "I'm struck by this ...
Smiley's People is a spy novel by John le Carré, published in 1979. Featuring British master-spy George Smiley , it is the third and final novel of the " Karla Trilogy ", following Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Honourable Schoolboy . [ 1 ]
[34] In the book, it is revealed that Hannah dies by suicide via swallowing a handful of pills. However, in the television series, there is a scene of Hannah cutting her wrists. Two years after the show's release, the graphic scene of her suicide was cut out. [34] [35] In the book, Hannah's parents own a shoe store.
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Like most of the Henry Huggins books, the incidents in this one follow an ongoing plot line. In it, the Hugginses have a new car, and go out shopping; Ribsy, denied a ride, chases it at up to 25 miles per hour, and is finally allowed in. At the mall, he is left in it, and lowers the electric window with the button.