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"In the cooler lanes of the souk (open-air market place)...rows of skinned lambs' heads seemed to follow Spike, eyeballs bulging as though still coming to terms with their unexpected deaths" (94).

"The rims of his ears broke the sheen of his hair like two dolphins breaching" (92).

"'Agua de beber' Solomon added, switching to yanito, the patois of Spanish, Genoese, English, and Hebrew used by native Gibraltarians."

"The stains on his shirt were of a rusty-brown colour, the tear in his pinstripe trousers just below the knee, giving him the air of a smartly dressed postman savaged on his round" (7-8).