The Mask of Dimitrios: Difference between revisions

* [[Inherent in Thethe System]]: In a [[Writer Onon Board]] passage, the novel discusses how Dimitrios is a symptom of larger social problems, "But it was useless to try to explain him in terms of Good and Evil. [[Above Good and Evil|They were no more than baroque abstractions]]. Good Business and Bad Business were the elements of the new theology. Dimitrios was not evil. He was logical and consistent; as logical and consistent in the European jungle as the poison gas called Lewisite and the shattered bodies of children killed in the bombardment of an open town. The logic of Michael Angelo's David, Beethoven's quartets and Einstein's physics had been replaced by that of the [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Stock Exchange Year Book]] and [[Nazi Germany|Hitler's Mein Kampf]]."

* [[It's for Aa Book]]: Latimer uses this as an excuse to explain his interest in finding out information on Dimitrios. Played straight a couple of times, but most often, the people hearing this think he has a sinister motive.