Langusta, Seymour Wyse (also spelled Wise, if I remember correctly) is an actual real life person, a friend of Kerouac's that gets mentioned here and there in his other books too. The Seymour Glass allusion is most certainly our suicidee, though, and prolly just a playful reference. Wouldn't be surprised to read in some bio of Kerouac's some day that Wyse had to live with perpetual digs about not only being See-more but Wyse too. Oh, how appropriate! Though I haven't read Satori in Paris, I'd most certainly like to now Sonny --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sundeep Dougal (Sonny, to friends) Holden Caulfield, New Delhi, INDIA