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She's A Reflection Of My Fascination With The Diversity Of America She's Totally Normal In New York, But A Freak In Texas. There Are Dozens Of Such Clashes In America.

La Has A Fantastic Car Scene And Because The Climate Is So Gentle, Cars Can Last Forever.

I Wanted Readers To Be Genuinely Unsure As To Whether She's Telling The Truth Or Lying. It Meant Making Her Partly Sympathetic, And Partly Unsympathetic, Which Wasn't Easy.

I Had Been Coming To America Very Frequently For Many, Many Years, So I Had Plenty Of Exposure - And Maybe The Best Kind Of Exposure, Because I Think First Impressions Are Very Important. Maybe I Notice Stuff That Is Just Subliminal To People Who Live Here All The Time.

A Handgun At Two Hundred Feet Is The Same Thing As Crossing Your Fingers And Making A Wish.