Sadie Hartmann’s Reviews > Cabaret in Flames > Status Update

“. . . trails of blood in the avenue, and the police are now investigating . . . Nongovernmental organizations have alleged that the number of missing sex workers and homeless people in large cities has increased again, but the president argues that this is a ploy invented by the opposition to . . .”

political unrest
secrets
long life
tattoos
disappearance
death squads?

"Ariadne recognized the bear-shaped chocolate crackers from her childhood, but the memory was foggy"

Chocolate Teddy Grahams mentioned!

"In age, Quaint looked like he could be anywhere in that nebulous period of adult life that ranged from thirty to fifty, but it was more, much more."