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Some dated and insensitive language in this 1984 potboiler:
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A few West Indian heads hung glumly out of the windows in ballooning Rastafarian hats, and three men in jeans were watching a fourth dig a hole in the pavement to the strains of a tranny.
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I propose to amend it to "dig a hole in the pavement to the strains of a trans" and shall be making a suggestion to that effect in a letter to the publisher.
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