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Skyscraperappears in Falling Girl

This is the setting of The Falling Girl.

Capappears in Blackberries

This object is a gift for the young boy after his haircut at the beginning of Blackberries.

Hope Diamondappears in On Hope

This is the largest gem in the world, and the necklace that it is a part of it is one of the English crown jewels.

Mendel's Studiesappears in An Insolvable Problem of Genetics

This refers to the work of an Austrian Augustinian monk and scientist who gained posthumous fame as the figurehead of the new science of genetics.

Postcardsappears in Love, Your Only Mother

These are the only form of communications between the protagonist of Lover, Your Only Mother and her long-estranged mother.

Inflatable Elephantappears in Elephant

This is a sycophantic zoo director's solution to his zoo's inability to afford a real land mammal.

Moreporkappears in At the River

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