After Nina's father takes this action, his tool is taken away by Nina and used on him instead.
What is beating/spanking?
I spend a night in a police car worrying about what I believe is my impending rape.
Who is Nina Burgess?
"All ism's lead to communism."
Who is Barry Diflorio? (p 178)
This is Weeper's drug of choice.
What is cocaine?
To his surprise, Papa-Lo is arrested by a group of soldiers and policeman while traveling to Josey Wales's house, realizing too late that all of these have abandoned their posts.
What are spotters/lookouts?
Highly manipulative and devious, I turn my parents on my sister for actions that I've committed myself. I really can't stand to not be at the center of attention.
Who is Kimmy Burgess?
"This is how bad man wake up: never go to sleep."
Who is Demus? (p 230)
This is a usually safe place where political differences can be ignored; it is also the Singer's address.
What is 56 Hope Road?
This charming Rasta has seduced multiple women in Jamaica, including Kimmy Burgess, due to his wealth, apparent knowledge, and his ability to give them a visa; of course, he only uses that status to attract and use these women for his pleasure.
Who is Ras Trent?
After being caught in this act, Barry is "warned" of a possible assassination by a coworker whom he believes is in on it.
What is tailing?
I am called a terrorist-though I consider myself simply a revolutionary-with an ironic nickname. I prefer to keep my distance from any chaos and uprooting I must cause; bombs are a good way to do that.
Who is Doctor Love? (or Luis HernĂ¡n Rodrigo de las Casas)
"We need boy who when I point left they go left and who when I point right they go right. Boy just do it, man spend too much time thinking about, just like you a do right now."
Who is Weeper? (p 136)
This is the make and color of Josey Wales's car.
What is a white datsun?
As this event nears, Papa-Lo's gang attacks Jonestown after being given a bazooka by the American (Louis Johnson); Josey Wales and the Cuban blow up parts of Trench Town.
What is the Jamaican 1976 election?
Soon after I believed I would finally get the opportunity I have been waiting for, I ponder whether this opportunity is truly what I want, only to have it turn out to be a bust.
Who is Alex Pierce?
"Turn your back 'pon a white bwoi when he say he come to the ghetto to look for the Rhythm and he go back to England with your 45s and him get rich while you stay poor."
Papa-Lo (p 127)
These are the colors the PNP and JLP, respectively.
What are orange and green?
A mysterious man walks in the Singer's studio, asks why his music has become bitter, and advises against trying to gather an American audience. The visit causes this feeling to pervade the Singer.
What is suspicion?
Papa-Lo calls me "a man of the people" after the residents of Copenhagen City form a mob to prevent those stupid policemen from impounding my car. I also have a reverence for the Lord, of which one of my partners doesn't respect.
Who is Josey Wales?
"This is his consitutency and he have the vote and the local woman to prove it. But he starting to confuse representing the people with owning them, and soon even he going need a reckoning."
Who is Josey Wales? (p 135)
This object is a sign of freedom from Jamaica and is purchasable for 5000 Jamaican dollars.
What is a visa?