a regular flower; a regular sea urchin

Samizdats were unauthorized books reproduced with a typewriter and as many as seven carbon copies. They were the product of the country's artistic elite and were critical of the government. Possession of, writing, or typing a samizdat could and occasionally did result in arrest and the perpetrator being sentenced to a gulag. This was mostly an illusion. The writers and distributors of samizdats were seldom at risk after the death of Stalin.

One line of steps we traced from the spot to the haw-haw; they were very distinct upon the turf; the heel was toward the haw-haw, the toe toward the spot where the murder was committed.

A few weeks later, Richard was killed accidentally while busting a wild mustang […]