On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Scott Bonner <sbonner@gmail.com> wrote:
You mean by Kingshighway and Chippewa?
Yep, that's the one.
Do you know of anyplace that lists the various St. Louis references? What areas in the book refer to what areas in St. Louis -- that kind of thing? I live here and I still only get the blindingly obvious ones (ie the giant brewery in town is...)
Aw, geeze, beyond the scattered comments I've made across the years? No, I don't know anything, and I don't think I've kept track of my comments. But here are some off the top of my head: TunFaire's a port city, with a run-down warehouse district by the old non-much-used port. Main industry in town's the brewery. The Hill is a neighborhood that contains some powerful people. Racial tensions are never far beneath the surface in a city that's largely racially segregated. There have recently been some major shake-ups in the higher police administration. Ehh, most of that--all but The Hill--could apply to a dozen American cities, I guess. Still, TunFaire feels a lot like home to me. Steve/Stacey PS My favorite St. Louisicism in Cook's writing is the dead language Uchi-Telle in the Black Company series. Uchitelle is a bright neon sign (of a tire supply store) on the approach to one of the freeways from a ramp in the city (N. on Big Bend, approaching 40).