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Brixton

This setting is a southern district of the city of London, England.

Bat's Apartment

This basement location is damp and run down.

The Aladdin's Lamp Wallpaper

This object causes Bat to daydream about a wish-granting genie.

The London Weather

This is the subject of superstitions and constant, generally unsuccessful, predictions.

The West Indies

This location is the birthplace of most of the novel's characters.

The Rent Tribunal

This official body is supposed to help tenants, but it does not seem to be of any use to West Indian tenants.

Cigarettes

These objects are a constant temptation to the characters as they struggle to save money.

Rum

This is what the main characters drink much of the time when they are together; it is the subject of fights between Fitz and Teena.

Marijuana

This drug is smoked by most of the men in the story, but it is...

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