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Manhattan Apartment Hunt Turns Comic Gatsby Parody
A narrator and Peaches chase a dream nest on Broadway, visiting Webb & Spider’s, Gladiolus Court, The Belladonna, Ipseydooza, and The Pepsinetta. They mock high rents, meet a cow-eyed Syd O Brien, and reject absurdly priced enclaves, dreaming of a cozy cottage instead.
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Manhattan Isle
Hank
Sharon
Dawson
W. Va
Peaches
Nix
Broad
Webb & Spider's
Webb & Spider
Rembrandt
Corot
Sydney O'Brie
Sydney O
Brie
Syd
Beef Trust
New York
John
John Henry
Broadway
Syd O
Ayrshire
Gladiolus Court
England
Sea Lion
Gultea
Jalier
Jane
Charles Pepperface
Syd ‘O'Brie