"Tito crossed Amsterdam passing the gray, snow-dusted stalks of a makeshift public garden, then walked quickly along 111th, towards Broadway."
"Pamela Mainwaring, English, with blond bangs entirely concealing her forehead, drove Hollis back to the Mondrian in one of the big silver Volkswagen sedans."
Chapter summaries (may contain plot and character teaser / "spoiler" information):
Chapter 21. SALT OF SOPHIA
Following the protocol, Tito’s uncle Carlito gives him a Bulgaro (Bulgarian handgun) filled with salt aboard the number 1 train leaving from Columbus Circle. Carlito ensures that Tito understands that neither he nor the old man mustnotbe captured but his delivery must be. [274 characters]
Is that a Double Negative in the original text or just a Transcription Error ?
Chapter 22. DRUM AND BASS
On way back to the Mondrian, Pamela Mainwaring explains some of the rationale for the secrecy around Blue Ant which is "often described as the first viral agency... Foregrounding the agency or its founder is counterproductive" and that pet projects like Hollis' are "the company's equivalent of REM sleep."Back at the hotel bar, Hollis finds former Curfew drummer Heidi Hyde waiting for her with an envelope containing five thousand dollars, money owed to Hollis by Jimmy (Curfew’s bass player) that he promised to repay before he died of an overdose. [552 characters]
Now patternboy is more than a quarter of the way through publishing his Quotations and short Chapter summaries, from this apparently, 84 chapter Spook Country novel.