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Oh god lol a 1930s rape joke: “‘This much is certain,’ she said very thoughtfully, wrapping her coat around her, ‘if this keeps up, sooner or later one or the other of us is going to be the victim of a rape.’ He looked at her for a long appreciative moment. ‘Yes,’ he promised, ‘and if it’s me, I won’t struggle.’”

Helene, blue silk pajama-wearing drunk driver extraordinaire, has now jumped head first down a laundry chute. And it’s only page 70! An icon.

“They spun west into Wacker Drive, turned south again, swung suddenly into a parking lot, struck a patch of ice, skidded around once, grazed the corner of a filling station, and came to a full stop beside a startled attendant. Jake reached for a cigarette, his hands shaking. ‘Baby,’ he said admiringly, ‘baby, that was as skillful drunken driving as I’ve ever seen.’” Ah, 1939!