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...beginning of a series of bizarre deaths in which Turpin naturally becomes entrapped. Verbally shanghaied aboard an expensive yacht, Turpin finds himself in Raceport, Long Island, where he grapples with a girl who promptly chokes to death on a wad of chewing gum. Nelson Falorp, wealthy owner of the yacht, has a heart attack in the bathroom of a wharf restaurant, and Turpin becomes responsible for his unwanted corpse. Elsie Falorp jumps out the window of a hotel on Gull Island where Mandeville, Turpin and her husband's body have all been accidentally flown and deserted by the drunken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Asleep in the Deep | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

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