" I should know, but I don't, so I have to ask,' said Maggie, 'what's the most famous
thing you ever wrote?'
'It was about a funeral for a great French chef.'
'That sounds interesting.'
'All the great chefs in the world are there. It's a beautiful ceremony.' Trout was making
this up as he went along. 'Just before the casket is closed, the mourners sprinkle parsley
and paprika on the deceased.' So it goes. "
― Ryan North , Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade