scirocco in novel

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

Clearly a work of fiction ;^)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "matt" <matt@safearmy.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 3:32 PM
Subject: scirocco in novel


> Here is what someone posted on a local VW board:
>
> This may not be very interesting, but I found the description funny. I'm 
> reading a book called A Death in Vienna, by Daniel Silva. It's basically 
> an spy/espionage book. Here is an paragraph about half way through the 
> book.
> Notice the spelling...
>
> "Alfonzo Ramirez drove the last surviving Volkswagen Sirocco in the 
> western hemisphere. It might have been dark blue once; now the exterior 
> had faded to the color of pumice. The windshield had a crack down the 
> center that looked like a bolt of lightning. Gabriel's door was bashed in, 
> and it required much of his depleted reservoir of strength to pry it open. 
> The air conditioner no longer worked, and the engine roared like a prop 
> plane."
>
>
>
> Matt
> 1981 Mars Red
> 1984 Wolfsburg
> 1987 8v Auto
> Louisville, KY
>
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