In an early scene, Archduke Franz Ferdinand tells Yo Mama jokes in a ghetto bar while being watched over by a man who later investigates the death of orgy-frequenter Encarnacion, the one-time T.W.I.T. employee Lew Basnight.
This novel features excerpts from an operetta about a European monarch who disguises himself as a bourgeois, The Burgher King, as well as a character who says "Ich bin ein Berliner" to indicate that he is a jelly donut. In an early scene, Archduke Franz Ferdinand tells Yo Mama jokes in a ghetto bar while being watched over by a man who later investigates the death of orgy-frequenter Encarnacion, the one-time T.W.I.T. employee Lew Basnight. Its title was first used in the author's previous novel before the return of the Learned English Dog, and here refers to a state evoked by the orange sunsets created by the Tunguska Event. Beginning and ending with the airship Inconvenience and the Chums of the Chance, it also focuses on the dynamiting Traverse family and their anarcho-mathematical search for Shambhala. For 10 points, name this 2006 novel set between the Chicago World's Fair and World War I, by Thomas Pynchon.
This novel features excerpts from an operetta about a European monarch who disguises himself as a bourgeois, The Burgher King, as well as a character who says "Ich bin ein Berliner" to indicate that he is a jelly donut.
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