One character in this novel is a waiter with bad breath named "Loving Cup" Bertha, who has sex with Mimi in the Dew Drop Club.
One character in this novel is a waiter with bad breath named "Loving Cup" Bertha, who has sex with Mimi in the Dew Drop Club. In this novel, the Stage Coach country club features the torch singer Helene Holman, who is defended by a one-armed character, the oldest man present.  Another character in this work, Froggy Ogden, is defended by a lawyer who has his teeth dislodged by a man who commits suicide by starting the car motor in a closed garage.  Al Grecco serves as the handyman for Ed Charney and resolves to kill him, mirroring the conflict between Harry Reilly and the oft-drunk husband of Caroline. Taking its title from an ancient tale about Death's jostling of a Baghdad merchant's apprentice, who flees to the title city, for 10 points, name this novel centering on Julian English by John O'Hara.
One character in this novel is a waiter with bad breath named "Loving Cup" Bertha, who has sex with Mimi in the Dew Drop Club.
Appointment in Samarra