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...wrap. She rules more by sex appeal than by fiat. "Can we try it this way, darling," she will murmur, "or would you hate me for that, sweetheart?" Or, as she adjusts the plastic welder's mask designed to protect her from flying chips and plaster: "Darling, could you hold the gun this way and shoot down the alley? Try it, sweetheart, and see if it works." The actors affectionately call her "Mother...
Wilson has challenged the traditional female domination of the Never-Novel, a literary form so named because 1) it must never stray beyond the boundaries of its papier-mché and plaster never-never land, and 2) it must never, never surprise the reader with anything novel. Never-Novelist Wilson qualifies neatly on both points...
...elevator whose automatic door sometimes opened and closed itself at 30-second intervals all night. I learned to accept windows that had to be forced open and propped to stay open, kitchen cabinets that also had to be forced open (never to close again), lumpy kitchen linoleum, falling bathtub plaster and-ah, well, you told the rest of the story...
...Shell Plaster...
...them within months of moving in-provided they can find a sublessee to take the rap for them. Tales of recalcitrant electronic elevators with wills of their own, narrow corridors ("Every night when I come home it looks more like a cell block"), warping floors, woofing plumbing and cracking plaster have become standard cocktail lore...