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“Fats” Terminal is a resident of Interzone. Addicted to drugs himself, Fats is also part of the underground market for “Black Meat,” which refers to the flesh of the giant aquatic black centipede. One of his employers is the Sailer, whom he sends on a mission to Interzone’s city Plaza to pick up his supply. One day, Fats’s desperation to acquire drugs drives him to degrade himself in front of a rich man, who then throws money at him. Over the course of his drug use, Fats develops a supernatural ability to perceive happenings in the world that he wouldn’t normally have been able to perceive.
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“Fats” Terminal Character Timeline in Naked Lunch
The timeline below shows where the character “Fats” Terminal appears in Naked Lunch. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
6. The Black Meat
...The Sailor starts to laugh, but then he looks up and sees a man called “Fats” Terminal enter the café. The Sailor gives the shoeshine boy a coin and walks over...
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...the Meet Café and recognizes one specific Reptile. He approaches that Reptile and asks for Fats’s supply. The Reptile eventually presents the Sailor with three fingers covered in black fuzz. Nearby...
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14. Ordinary Men and Women
...together for the Hunt Breakfast at a gay bar called The Swarm Bar, an event “Fats” Terminal helps organize. The Huntsmen walk around the bar like big shots. They let the...
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22. The Algebra of Need
“Fats” Terminal has traveled from the City Pressure Tanks to the Plaza. His nerves are raw,...
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“Fats” Terminal eventually learns to “serve The Black Meat” and gets fat in the process. He...
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