tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post1254291679957769790..comments2023-09-18T06:11:49.382-05:00Comments on No Fear of the Future: Some Ballardian economic indicatorsJayme Lynn Blaschkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-91067882407676463242008-12-30T15:25:00.000-06:002008-12-30T15:25:00.000-06:00I think it was in Grahm Greene's The Comedians tha...I think it was in Grahm Greene's The Comedians that the British ex-pat returns to the hotel he owns to find it empty and deteriorating. He also finds a body, a victim of the Duvalier regime, in the empty swimming pool. <BR/><BR/>You are spot on about metaphorical oomph!Dave Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210387108701067975noreply@blogger.com