Albert Kook

Arab-American, 1732-1783. Sunni Mystic and Brooklyn Drug Dealer, circa 1764. He forgot to show up, but if he had, he would have floated in, surely. He is, too, a pig -- but a dapper one. He receives a pair of rusting tweezers in a compact.

A favorite of the latter day Clampers, described by contemporaries as "a fellow of finest breeding, always suspiciously nice to your mother" -- as extrapolated by Stan Lee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lee) in his controversial 1962 play, On Human Sass.

Supplier of necessary items of leisure for Guvernor Morris and young A.W. Slippers. His gang included, most prominently, Copernicus Trowbridge.

Not much is known about Kook except that he distributed the opium supplied to him by Trowbridge. He is known to have been a Patriot. His contacts were extensive and high; because of his discretion, however, he remains a shadowy unknowable figure. Stimes Addisson was a Kook-o-phile, mainly because of the connection with his ancestor, on his mother's side, but he never turned up anything more than a short reference in a letter and an obituary. Kook died of consumption in Rhode Island.

Known Works

Eyes Closed, Hands Closed, novella.

Desiderata

Young Albert was terrified for years of rounded, smooth objects.