was so well hidden that even his immediate family didnt know who he was. Andrea was obsessed with him and was determined to uncover his identity. Domostroy helped Andrea. He thought back to when he was famous and thought about what different fans did to catch his attention. He remembered a fan that wrote him a series of letters that contained deep insights into Domostroy s music. She had been able to uncover things about him that no one else knew. Domostroy decided to try a similar tactic with Goddard. He sat and listened deeply to Goddard s music and analyzed it in a letter he wrote to Goddard. He sent many more such letters. He pretended to be Andrea in the letters. As Domostroy had hoped, Goddard, whose real name was Jimmy Osten, tried to track down Andrea. Goddard didnt tell Andrea who he was, but she was able to figure it out anyway without him knowing. Andrea then gave Osten lots of cocaine until he was extremely high. Andrea then got Osten to tell her his bank codes and any other financial information she wanted from him. Then she and a man who helped her with her endeavor led Osten to Domostroy s home in South Bronx and held guns to both Osten and Domostroys heads. Fortunately for both Osten and Domostroy, a group of gang members who Domostroy paid monthly to protect him, showed up at the right moment and shot Andrea and the man who was helping her. Pinball is filled with teasing allusions to Kosinskis own life. For example, Domostroy drank rum and coke drinks. Kosinski also drank rum and coke after his doctor advised him that it would calm his nerves. The woman with whom Jimmy Osten had an affair with in the book was Leila Salem. This name sounds similar to Lilla van Saher, a woman with whom Kosinski had an affair. Also, a music award in the book was called the Elisabeth Weinreich-Levinkopf Piano Prize. Elisabeth Weinreich-Levinkopf was the name of Kosinskis mother who was a concert pianist. (JK; pg. 370-375) Pinball is...
