2012-06-14

Special topics in Calamity Physics - Marisha Pessl (2)

"Humphrey Bogart wore platform shoes throughout the filming of Casablanca" someone said. I turned , expecting to see a mother circling Dad like a hooded Vulture eyeing carrion, but it wasn't. It was she, the woman from Fat Kat Foods. She was tall, wearing skintight jeans, a tailored tweed jacket, and large black sunglasses on her head. Her dark brown hair hung idly around her face.
"Though he wasn't Einstein or Truman," she said, "I don't think history would be the same without him. Especially if he had to look up at Ingrid Bergman and say, 'Here's looking at you, kid.' "

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