cass ford & "the hawkline monster" part i

"'Hawaii's a dumb thing to bring up in this conversation. These women have a problem,' Greer said. 'They paid us their money to take care of it and let's get on with it and I know you hate Hawaii because I was standing right beside you on the fucking place. I know you remember that because you remember every fucking thing.'" -- page 91

I find this quote to be pretty funny considering the nature of this book. The amount of time the story is taking to tell juxtaposed with the clipped, matter-of-fact language used to tell it in is interesting. Greer's quote adds a layer of self-awareness to the text and how the story is being told. This quote isn't the only time either Greer or Cameron says they need to go kill the monster and stop talking about it.

On another note, I really like this novel and the style in which Brautigan writes. He has a very distinct voice and is entertaining in the manner he tells the story. I'm interested to see where this book is going. Personally, I don't trust either of the Miss Hawklines and I certainly don't see things turning out as the characters are planning, but I have no expectations as to what will happen. Any predictions I have would probably turn out to be wrong anyway.