The Fall of the House of Usher
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The Fall of the House of Usherdoesnt waste any time before playing Edgar Allan Poes greatest hits.
Flanagan is an old hand at doing this kind of thing.
(No points for catching the parallels to the Sackler family, either.)
And by 1962, when Eliza is deathly ill, he refuses to help outright.
To give Longfellow the smallest of outs, its worth noting that Eliza might not accept his help anyway.
Of course, theres a reason its sometimes a good idea to go straight to a professional.
But like him, well need to be patient.
A small hint comes as the story settles into New Years Eve 1979.
Roderick cant say he wasnt warned.
Buy now, pay later thats what I say, says Verna at that fateful New Years Eve meeting.
Roderick is very conspicuously receiving and ignoring text messages he says are from his granddaughter, Lenore.
And Eliza shares her name with Edgar Allan Poes actual mother, who also hada macabre and premature death.
The headline describing Napoleons death refers to him as the gaming prince.
(Thats not a Poe reference or anything; I just think its funny.)
(Its not for nothing thatFlanagan has since set up shop at Amazon.)
