Provoked in Venice: The Rider Quintet, vol. 3

Contents

Contents I REVOLT "Normalissimo" 3 Revolt 8 Against Odds Against 19 The "Real" Revolt 22 Brecht Looks at Xeriscaping With a Thought About Shelley 35 The Assassins 37 A Winter Night in the City of God 43 II THE DESERT OF EMPIRE Provoked in Venice 59 Evening on the Zattere 65 From What Angle 69 The Desert of Empire 73 "Not Normalissimo" 77 Venice Less and Less 88 Tomahawk 98 Across a Crowded Room 102 Phaeton's Dream: Driving Lessons in the Desert 115 III DYING AND FLARING Joan and Jean 129 Stealth 152 The Last Night of a First Trip to Venice 158 Without a Care in the World 160 Midsummer Night in Venice 163 ix Tell Me Why 164 Early Deliveries No One Receives 168 IV THE RETURN Venice: The Return in Winter I 173 Venice: The Return in Winter II 176 In Your Own Time 197 Notes 201 x ...