Sunday night, the sky was as deep as the face of God, and the stars
were as pure as tears. The four of us went to the beach. Fourteen
foot, fully macking, glassy monoliths pumped ceaselessly out of far
Tahiti. It was epic. It was so live.
Moonlight Bay’s radio station, KBAY, is entirely a fictional enter
prise. The real KBAY is located in Santa Cruz, California, and none of
the employees of the Moonlight Bay station is based on any past or
present employee of the Santa Cruz station. These call letters were
borrowed here for one reason: They’re cool.
In chapter seventeen, Christopher Snow quotes a line from a poem by
Louise Ghick. The title of the poem is “Lullaby,” and it appears in
Ms. Ghick’s wonderful and moving Ararat.
Christopher Snow, Bobby Halloway, Sasha Goodall, and Orson are real. I
have spent many months with them. I like their company, and I intend
to spend a lot more time with them in the years to come. -DK