First, the word “vagabond,” which I’ve used in sense A.5 in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Next, a sampling of songs that are featured in the text. Feel free to nominate new recordings as we go. Some of the lyrics have been hard to locate, so happy hunting.

Finally, and this may not work, but I’m toying with the idea of creating a map of the novel’s vagabond movements through Marseilles. Initial research suggests that much of the “Ditch” and the port was razed in Occupied France in the 30s and rebuilt, leaving many changes to street names and configurations. If someone wants to go really deep, it would be cool to create a digital resource with old maps, using GIS or similar.