Local Custom – Chapter 23

In which a new day begins with mixed omens.

This chapter really illustrates the relationship between Daav and Kareen. (And, even is his absence, between each of them and young Pat Rin.)

Another subtle bit of Liaden culture here, tying in with what we’ve already had: that Daav, however careless he may be of getting dirt on the rest of him, takes great care to keep his face clean.

It appears to be my fate that whenever I say here that I don’t remember any other instances of a thing, another will present itself within the next few chapters.

2 thoughts on “Local Custom – Chapter 23

  1. Ed8r

    Ah, the Toccata and Fugue in D minor. I would be curious to hear from the authors why this was their choice. Was it only because so many readers ought to be familiar with it from various uses in film, especially to illustrate horror and villainy (note: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the 1962 Phantom of the Opera), but also in Disney’s Fantasia and in Science Fiction: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, where Captain Nemo plays it. Or did they have personal reasons they decided on this piece?

  2. Ed8r

    Still curious about music the authors either name or just describe in various different books and short stories.

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