Chapter 35
Meet Turt Vonnegut!
How did eighty-six-year-old Turt get his literary name, we hear you ask?
Well, we were intrigued too and the answer is Turt was named by bookseller Gus back in the late seventies in an ode to the writer Kurt Vonnegut.
Let’s face it, the literary play on words had something to do with it but we like to think Gus admired the writer too.
Gus and Turt spent so much time together that it wasn’t often you’d see the bookseller around the resort without his tortoise pal close behind.
Everyone here still jokes that Gus learned to walk much slower, at tortoise speed, so he wouldn’t leave his reptile friend behind and so if you were meeting Gus for drinks, a chat, or waiting for a book delivery, you had to factor in that he would undoubtably be late.
Unsurprisingly guests were always understanding when Gus did arrive, with his faithful companion by his side.
Recollection shared with us by Doris Winkler.
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