I'm not able to answer all of the good questions you ask, Santos (or maybe any). But, I thought the way the book handled both faith and the existence of a "higher power" to be quite intriguing as an analogy. You have Alice and Sophie who have given themselves over completely to their Faith. Auberon who is agnostic—he…

To marry you or to fuck?

Dick, I was being somewhat facetious (though still think Lost is a good example of another fictional entity that frustrates you with the lack of direct, unrelenting Q&A). But, I think @i hate to be that guy and @joelbarrish sum up the point nicely.

I believe they mention somewhere early on that the City is an island. Also there's a subway. So both point to New York as the inspiration.

Oh yeah, Midsummer Night's Dream. Good point. That sort of ties in to how in the end, Sylvie and Auberon become the King and Queen of the new land they inherit. Nice one, Buffalo.

Dick, you should also stay away from Lost. Those people also have a way of not asking questions or answering them.

Allusions
OK. I caught that Sylvie and Bruno (Sylive's bro) were most likely an allusion to the Lewis Caroll books "Sylvie and Bruno." However, I was never able to get through these books, which had something to do with two kids and faeries. So, was he drawing something from the source material? Or, just giving a…

Modern World, Modern Fairy Tale
Throughout my reading of this book, I looked upon this story as some sort of modern fairy tale, which means it both reflected the normal tropes of a fairy tale (children stolen, quests set out upon, princesses sought) and alluded to past tales. At times in the beginning I did worry…

Oh, so they just used the same visual mark (The PS circle) that they use on other books rather than changing the information to reflect what was in this book?

Interviews?
I have the copy of the book shown in the pic above. I found the review at the end of the book interesting, but were there any "interviews" in the extra stuff at the end of the book? I didn't see any? What were they referring to?

Not Oscar Bait?
Might I remind you of a little movie called Silence of the Lambs. Or, The Exorcist. Plus, it's Scorsese.

Lon Chaney Jr.
Worst actor of all time (Did you ever see Son of Dracula?).

I remember. Oh, those were the days, my friend. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. The early years of In Living Color. Those were the days.

What the hell was Time To Kill?
Here's the imdb plot synopsis. I like to imagine Cage reading it to me in full lazy elvis drawl:

Her Panties are Soooo wet
What? From dropping them in the puddle, ya sicko.

He did Elvis daughter.

Big Brother Is Watching
You just can't read about him. Because Big Brother is also taking books you already paid for off of your electronic devices.

Yes, Duel
Ellen, I agree. Duel was also the movie I was picturing in relation to The Man Who Got Away.

I like how they reference other movies in the synopsis (Full Monty) as if that's going to somehow lessen our opinion that it's derivative. As if the fact that we know that they know it's like "The Full Monty" somehow makes it ok.

@natty I don't think Hudson had much of a sense of humor. He was kind of a dick. But, I do think Willeford did have a sense of humor particularly in fucking with us the same way Hudson fucked with the people in the book.