The author also discusses how he had seen humans that look like robots because of their brains being eaten by syphilis, and he compares himself to a writing machine.
At one point in this novel, the author discusses the possibility that a junkyard dog without a tail was the protagonist in an earlier version. One chapter in this novel describes a recent prison inmate's fantasy of a place called "Fairyland." This books notes how the Statue of Liberty's torch looks like an ice cream cone. The author also discusses how he had seen humans that look like robots because of their brains being eaten by syphilis, and he compares himself to a writing machine. Francine has an affair with one protagonist of this novel, who goes crazy and kills his gay piano-playing son Bunny in a hotel in which the author has a transformative experience after drinking one of the titular martinis. For 10 points, name this novel also featuring Kilgore Trout, a novel about Dwayne Hoover by Kurt Vonnegut.
At one point in this novel, the author discusses the possibility that a junkyard dog without a tail was the protagonist in an earlier version.
Breakfast of Champions