A painter in this work is inspired by a man roller-skating on top of a flagpole in front of Holman's Department Store, and this book ends with another character reading Sanskrit poetry to himself while surrounded by cages of rattlesnakes and rats. This work sees Darling devour a huge cake baked for a man who discovers a dead woman in a tide pool, thus spoiling the efforts of Eddie, a resident of the Palace (*) Flophouse. 
A painter in this work is inspired by a man roller-skating on top of a flagpole in front of Holman's Department Store, and this book ends with another character reading Sanskrit poetry to himself while surrounded by cages of rattlesnakes and rats. This work sees Darling devour a huge cake baked for a man who discovers a dead woman in a tide pool, thus spoiling the efforts of Eddie, a resident of the Palace (*) Flophouse. Dora Flood's brothel features in this novel, which sees a party thrown by the bum Mack to appease the marine biologist Doc. Lee Chong's grocery store is located on the titular sardine-producing street in, for 10 points, what novel by John Steinbeck?
A painter in this work is inspired by a man roller-skating on top of a flagpole in front of Holman's Department Store, and this book ends with another character reading Sanskrit poetry to himself while surrounded by cages of rattlesnakes and rats.
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