Okay, this is a tough one. Then again, I'm in Cleveland this morning, getting ready for my reading at the Barnes & Noble in Westlake, and it wouldn't do for you to solve it at 7:01 a.m. and have nothing to do for the rest of the day.
So where is this thing? And what is it? I'm looking forward to telling you this afternoon, to explaining exactly why I find it so appealing.
The winner gets ... something good ... a copy of my new book, "Out of the Wreck I Rise: A Literary Companion to Recovery," published last week by University of Chicago Press. Provided I can get my hands on one. I keep giving away my copies, and I figure, if I can send one to Stephen King, for all the good it'll do (because he's in it) then I can send one to you.
If you figure out the location of this very enigmatic object. Good luck. Place your guesses below.
Postscript
Is it the Masters Gallery on North Ave?
ReplyDeleteYes. How did you know that? Amazing.
DeleteIf she's sneaky like me, she used the lettering in the window to figure it out. And she just beat. me to it!
DeleteYep, I'll admit I saw the letters and went from there. My first thought about the piece was dead Marlboro Man.
DeleteYou hit the nail right on the head, I'd say. If Marlboro Man isn't it, it should be. Also, noted that address on opposite side of the street ends in a 4, which would confirm Masters' address that ends in a 5. I wasn't close to guessing it, but the street didn't look like North Avenue to me -- too narrow.
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Well done Nikki -- I didn't notice that. Send me your address.
DeleteFeels like West Superior Street, but I couldn't find any gallery/galleria like "masters" on Superior. At any rate, I have no idea what the ghost cowboy on the bucking horse represents. Hope that the ultimately coming revelation by some late sleeper or Neil is not too disappointing.
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