Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Part I 1962-1998, Decades of Deception
1 The Locked Room 3
2 "Keep Shooting, Vultures!" 9
3 "Toodle-oo!" 17
4 Case #81128 25
5 The Final Verdict 33
6 The Disconnected 44
7 Cursum Perficio 53
8 Answers and Questions 57
9 Odd Men Out 61
10 The Paper Chase 65
11 The Ambulance Chase 74
12 Tumblers of Truth 83
13 Déjà Vu 89
14 Explosive Revelations 99
Part II 1926-1946, Gemini Child
15 Silent Witness 107
16 Runnin' Wild 110
17 Into the Abyss 116
18 The Mouse 124
19 Norma Jeane, the Human Bean 132
20 Lucky Jim 141
21 Did You Happen to See … ? 152
22 This Way Out 159
23 Los Angeles Limited 166
24 Nymph Errant 176
25 "MM …" 182
Part III 1946-1954, All the Bright Colors
26 Rara Avis-With Options 193
27 Smog 200
28 Beauty and the Beast 206
29 The Ways of the Cross 214
30 Golden Dreams 219
31 Red Scare 225
32 Fame 233
33 Red-Eye 242
Part IV 1955-1959, The Danger of All Dreams
34 Zelda Zonk 251
35 Pink Elephants 257
36 A Madness to the Method 261
37 Black Bart and Grushenka 267
38 Tempus Fugit 275
39 Mazel Tov! 281
40 Bashert! 289
41 Please Don't Kill Anything 303
42 Every Day I Have the Blues 309
43 Nobody's Perfect 314
44 On the Ledge 324
Part V 1960-1962, Rainbow's, End
45 Let's Make Love 335
46 The Jack Pack 342
47 Snake Eyes 349
48 The Blues 357
49 Left Coast 369
50 The Lady of Shallot 381
51 Zona Rosa 388
52 The Hand of God 397
53 The White Knight 404
54 Thanks for the Memory 413
55 Hell Hath No Fury Like … 420
56 The Method to the Madness 427
57 Checkmate 434
58 The Devil's Weekend 439
59 The Ominous Ear 444
60 Night Terrors 452
Appendix 465
Source Notes 471
Bibliography 507
Permissions 513
Index 515