Did I Miss Something?

[Lazlow]

I'm in the middle of reading Black House and in the middle of Chapter 18 I get to this point:

"The members of the Thunder Five separate and spreadout in front of Jack. Most of them have crossed their armson their chests, and muscles bulge.

Jack pushes his plate to the back of the bar, stands up,and says, “Before last night, had any of you guys ever heardof George Potter?”


From his perch on the edge of the pool table nearest to thefront door, Jack faces Beezer and Doc, who lean forwardon their bar stools. Kaiser Bill, one finger against his lipsand his head bowed, stands beside Beezer. Mouse liesstretched out on the second pool table, propping his headup with one hand. Banging his fists together and scowling,Sonny is pacing back and forth between the bar and thejukebox.


“You sure he didn’t say ‘Bleak House,’ like the Dickensnovel?” Mouse says. "

From this point on Jack and the Thunder 5 continue to discuss details about Charles Burnside and the Blackhouse that I don't think Jack ever told Beezer and the boys before. I mean I was listening to it on audiobook and thought something was wrong with the track layout. But when I got home I check my Ebook copy on my iPad and it read the same way.

Am I missing something? I even looked back to chapter 17 when Jack asked the boys to meet him at the Sandbar, he doesn't mention any of this information then either.

Its like a splinter in my mind...


-Lazlow

[GNTLGNT]

Never payed that close attention I guess...just rolled with it...but I'd be happy to sterilize a needle and rid you of the splinter...

[costanza]

Potter told Jack about Burn Burn and how he was Burny built Black House. I forget exactly but Burny thought of Potter as one of the people who tried to screw him over at some point and he put pics of naked little kids in his closet at the old folks home so that he would be blamed for Tansy's death. When Jack questioned him he got a partial on Burny's name and the name Black House. It's further back in chapter 17.

[since75]

oh.. it just isn't described as conversation for us (reader) when Jack fills in the Thunder 5 what he learned from Potsie about Burnside in Chicago etc. Paragraph break, story picked up with Mouse saying you sure he didn't mean Bleak House... Why tell us (reader) again what we already knew.

[Lazlow]

I did catch the part where Potter told Jack the info about Burnside and Chicago, I just didn't recall when he (Jack) told the Thunder 5 about it. But what Since75 said make sense, King/Straub use that technique a bunch through out the book. It just felt a little abrupt in this case.

I guess my hunger for more Thunder 5 dialog got the best of me.

Thanks everyone for helping clear that up.

-Lazlow