When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
Lillian Hellman (3.2.15)
Ayn Rand (4.8.63)
Religious References
Jonah and the whale (2.2.104)
The angel Bethesda (4.3.5)
Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon religion (4.6.17)
Jacob wrestling the angel (5.1.16)
Historical and Political References
Bolsheviks (1.1.2)
Ed Koch (1.4.57-58)
Newt Gingrich (3.4.27)
Jesse Helms (3.4.27)
Army/McCarthy Hearings (4.8.41)
John Brown (4.9.2)
Henry Kissinger (4.1.2)
George P. Schultz (4.1.2)
Richard Nixon (4.1.2)
Mao Zedong (4.1.2)
The Berlin Wall (Epilogue.2)
Vladimir Lenin (Epilogue.2)
Pop Culture References
Grace Jones (1.4.12)
Mike Wallace (1.5.51)
Morticia Addams (2.1.7)
Hollywood Squares (3.4.31)
Marlboro Man (4.2.23)
Bullwinkle (4.2.42)
Hoss Cartwright (4.3.20)
Maria Ouspenskaya (4.6.16)
Studio 54 (4.8.41)