The Embassy of Cambodia
How does ZS create a metaphor for the main character's life?
By using a badminton match
What does 'change the record mean?'
Stop repeating yourself
What were the names of the twins?
Jonah and Norah
List 3 very common themes from horror that the author uses:
-twins
-hallucinations
-dead insects
-haunted house
-clocks
-blank eyes
Why is ZS called a spokesperson for modern Britain?
Because she represents multi-cultural London
Which area in London does ZS describe as scruffy and dingy, where she sets her story?
Willesden, north London
Who was described as 'footloose and fancy free'?
Lucy, the maid/helper
How do the twins drug their victims?
By using a banjax
what does 'to stifle' mean?
to stop (a yawn)
How did David Mitchell originally serialise Slade House?
Using twitter and 150 character segments
What is the name of the churchgoing character who befriends Fatou?
Andrew
How did the Crackenthorpe's make their fortune?
From making biscuits
How does the author indicate that Nathan and his mother are poor?
By dressing them in second hand clothes
Which character was Freya?
Sally Timms' sister, a journalist
Give two adjectives to describe Agatha Christie's writing style:
Spare, minimal, dry, factual...
What is the real climax of the story?
The sacking of Fatou
How did the killer finish off Harold?
By giving him lethal pills
How does the author connect the stories?
Give 2 examples
By using the jogger
the same recurring characters
the sister of one victim
...
How was Jonah killed?
By the silver fox hairpin
Name two literary devices that Shakespeare uses:
Alliteration
Anaphora
Simile
Allusion
Personification
What does Fatou do before she is sacked though?
She saves the child from choking
How did Miss Marple catch the killer in the end?
By simulating the train scene with the doctor helping with a trapped fishbone
What is the name of the false reality that the twins create to lure their victims?
An Orison
How does Norah finally manage to carry on living?
By transversing into an unborn baby
Name one other author that we considered reading
Nathaniel West
Nicholson Baker
Julian Barnes
Raymond Chandler
Sandra Cisneros