Baroness (2012)
“Lilly stared at the advertisement in the Chronicle, something his advance man had placed last week. The Flying Daredevils. Seemed apropos, because the advertisement highlighted Truman and his stunts—midair stalls, mock aerial battles, barrel rolls, inverted flying, and, of course, the suicide loop.
And, he’d replaced her with some bimbo named Agnes the Angel.
She closed the paper and slid it onto the desk, staring out the window of her tiny associate publisher’s office as the sun simmered betwe...en the buildings off the Avenue of the Americas and Broadway, the rays dissected by Macy’s, Gimbels, and Stern’s, the six- and nine-story monoliths that grew up around the Chronicle. The newspaper building now sat in shadow, the statue of Minerva, the Bell Ringers, and Owls draped in darkness even on the sunniest days. Downstairs, the smell of turpentine, graphite, and beeswax rose from the electrotyping of the plates, combining with the redolence of the ink from the rows and rows of linotype machines.MoreLess
And, he’d replaced her with some bimbo named Agnes the Angel.
She closed the paper and slid it onto the desk, staring out the window of her tiny associate publisher’s office as the sun simmered betwe...en the buildings off the Avenue of the Americas and Broadway, the rays dissected by Macy’s, Gimbels, and Stern’s, the six- and nine-story monoliths that grew up around the Chronicle. The newspaper building now sat in shadow, the statue of Minerva, the Bell Ringers, and Owls draped in darkness even on the sunniest days. Downstairs, the smell of turpentine, graphite, and beeswax rose from the electrotyping of the plates, combining with the redolence of the ink from the rows and rows of linotype machines.MoreLess
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