the last book I ever read (Wonder Boys: A Novel by Michael Chabon, excerpt four)

from Wonder Boys: A Novel by Michael Chabon:

“Now the tuba,” I said.

“That’s a big trunk,” James said, as we jammed in the leathery old case that looked so much like the black heart of some leviathan. “It fits a tuba, three suitcases, a dead dog, and a garment bag almost perfectly.”