I say below that Instant Red came out of my reading of A&G. well that's ridiculous, at least in much sense. I meant I was excited in reading the book, and felt a drive towards more narrative. but if Schuyler sloughs off the fancy stuff, IR revels in it. altho Guenevere (aka Gee Gee) is happy to throw in a little style, as Tom Sawyer also liked to do, the novelist restrains himself from overloading the framework. which is the children, in the world that they see. a tender, alert effort on his part. in IR, just so you know, ye who bother with it, I simply want to play around with these goofy characters, Kirk Douglas, Fu Manchu, Bao Dai, etc...