Chapter 27. THE INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY OF BAD SHIT
"Held physically together by the thick white Mondrian robe, her sunglasses, and a room-service breakfast of granola, yogurt, and a watermelon liquada, Hollis sat back in one wide white armchair, put her feel up on the shorter of the two marble-topped coffee tables, and regarded the vinyl Blue Ant figurine on the chair arm."
"Tito and Vianca packaged the contents of his room as ten parcels of varying sizes, each one double-wrapped in contractor-grade black trash bags and sealed with heavy black tape."
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Chapter 27. THE INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY OF BAD SHIT
After making plans to see Inchmale (who can ensure the 50 $100 bills - the international currency of bad shit - aren’t counterfeit), she passes on Odile's offer to Beth Barker’s hyperspatially tagged apartment where even "one simple water glass has twenty tags." [262 characters]
500 Euro banknotes are becoming the currency of illegal deals - they are much harder to counterfeit than US currency and are worth (today's price) nearly $688 (or £339 British Pounds) each.
In Spain 500 Euro notes are known as "bin-Ladens", because "the Government knows that they are out there somewhere, but they never get their hands on them", as they are hidden from view by the black market economy.
Chapter 28. BROTHERMAN
While Tito and Vianca finish packing Tito's room, "Brotherman", a racially ambivalent chameleon of a man with dark orange hair, delivers a pair of GSG9 Adidas shoes and helps move the meticulously packed items as Tito prepares for another new identity. [252 characters]
GSG9 was the abbreviated designation of Grenzschutzgruppe 9 the (West) German elite Border Police unit specially trained for counter-terrorism hostage situations and hijackings, notably the Lufthansa Boeing 737 which they stormed in Mogadishu Somalia in October 1977.
It is doubtful that GSG9 actually wear the Adidas luxury footwear which bears the same designation, in combat.
The experts in British Army Rumour Service forum seem to favour Alt-Berg boots.