That's a big trunk," James said, as we jammed in the leathery old case that looked so much like the black heart of some leviathan. "It fits a tuba, three suitcases, a dead dog, and a garment bag almost perfectly. " "That's just what they used to say in the ads," I said.
I thought Sissy Hickey should be really skinny and leathery and have one of those really husky voices, but Del Shores kept saying, "I wrote this part for you. " He took me to his house and showed me pictures of all his Texas relatives, and they looked exactly like my family.