My main goal for this PCB trip is to TALK TO SOMEONE who has recently read AT LEAST A PORTION of the 1948 novel DEVIL MAKE A THIRD. 

I don't expect someone to have read the whole damn thing because the novel is composed of 13 sections which cover a period from 1887 to 1915 in the life of the novel's main character, Buck Bannon. Each section is made up of multiple chapters and an interlude which the author uses to advance his timeline. No dates are used in the novel but Chapter 1 through Chapter 15 ,which make up the first seven sections of the novel, cover the period from 1887 until the early 1890s. INTERLUDE 7 advances the action ten years with the fictional town of Aven transforming itself from a frontier boom town into a small urban area with paved streets, a water works, power plant, telephone company and all the other innovations of a turn-of-the-century urban area. Each of the 33 chapters is a short account of an amusing or interesting incident from Buck Bannon's perspective. The 12 interludes describe Buck Bannon from the viewpoint of two railroad brakemen, Jake and Bascom, who observe that Buck's love of liquor, gambling and lewd women never interfere with his ability to come out on top in every commercial and political challenge he encounters on his way through his life in Aven. Together the 33 chapters and 12 interludes paint a concise portrait of the main character, Buck Bannon.

Anywayzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..if do ya decide to read the prologue and Chapter 1, here's my analysis of both. (and if ya ever wanted to do a favor for your old buddy, Robert Register, please READ a little bit of this novel and pacify ole Roberto with some conversation during his brief beach vacation.)