When authors give shout outs to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Visual Arts Reference
- Winslow Homer (1.11)
- Thomas Ryder (1.11)
- Francisco Goya (1.11, 18.9)
- Honoré Daumier (1.11, 18.9, referenced throughout)
- Juan Gris (5.4)
- Pablo Picasso (8.8)
- Salvator Rosa (18.10)
- Francesco Guardi (18.10)
- Monsu Desiderio (18.10)
- Alessandro Magnasco (19.122)
- William Hogarth (19.122)
Literary and Philosophical References
- Gertrude Stein (5.4)
- Shakespeare, Hamlet (15.19)
- Shakespeare, King Lear (15.19)
- Shakespeare, Othello (15.19)
- Thomas Allibone Janvier, In the Sargasso Sea (18.12)
- Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (18.13)
Historical References
- John D. Rockefeller (4.55)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (18.20)
- Duke of Wellington (18.20)
Pop Culture References
- Mae West (11.160)
- Ben Welch (15.7)
- Shirley Temple (19.60)