“If Swordfishtrombones is meant to be some kind of artistic year zero, then the love song Johnsburg, Illinois – named after Brennan's hometown – is a throwback to the tipsy ivory tinkler of yore.”
“As his drawers came free, his tinkler leapt straight up. How different he was between the legs from Hindley, who had that darkness!”
“Leonard Tinkler showed them sheds containing three dead animals, including a decomposing cow whose calf was still alive in the same pen.”