Yeah, I was going to note that Faulkner isn't the type to reveal the murderer on the last page.

Funny, I wrote a post saying the same thing and then deleted it. Yeah, the last paragraphs of The Sound And The Fury are beautiful, but not exactly revelatory. At least, any more revelatory than the rest of the book.

The other odd take in the blogs is presuming it's all a dream sequence of some kind.

Yeah, I saw that and was all, WTF?!? They think this is Dallas?

Or possibly they would expire from ennui.

Or just be really, really bored, man.

::pries tongue from cheek::

Well, it felt like one. But that's not the same.

I'm not sure they are all that innocent. I think their mention of having been in Don's wallet will come back later.

I'm not sure they are all that innocent. I think their mention of having been in Don's wallet will come back later.

Oh Lord, I just had interesting visions of them showing up in the NY 'burbs

Oh Lord, I just had interesting visions of them showing up in the NY 'burbs

I think I saw that in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show. There was wackiness.

But maybe they just have more money than sense.

I'm still trying to decode some of the stuff dealing with that. Don asked at dinner if they were well-off and got silence. That could either mean they refused to answer because it was considered a crass question or they didn't have a good answer because they're all a big pile of mooches. But then Joy said they move around for tax purposes. I haven't figured that one out yet, doubt I will as my knowledge of tax law is nil.

BTW, how much do I love buffistas that so many of us were appalled that Don defaced the Faulkner novel.

Then hours later, there is a discussion about how the final page of the novel isn't exactly revelatory, so it didn't matter anyway.

Gotta love it.

That could either mean they refused to answer because it was considered a crass question or they didn't have a good answer because they're all a big pile of mooches

I thought that it was because it was a crass question. One of the women made a disgusted sound when he asked.

Then hours later, there is a discussion about how the final page of the novel isn't exactly revelatory, so it didn't matter anyway.

That's not the point! If you haven't read the book, you don't know! Principle!

There's a really cool book about the swinging sixties in London titled Ready Steady Go with detailed backstories on all the players in Soho and Chelsea. This is back when Terrence Stamp and Michael Caine were the to It Boys of London and pulled more birds than Gene Simmons or Wilt Chamberlain could ever imagine.

Also marked because it looks fab-- and young Terrence Stamp... le sigh