This story was quite different to me. The story begins with it seeming like one misfortune after another is occurring. When the man's car dies and he ends up with the Lagosian, I became more interested to see what was going to happen. A large part of this story was the mood that was created while reading it. From the moment of introduction for the Lagosian, a more ominous feeling sets throughout the story. It seems like a lot of the details were acting as foreshadowing, such as the gun and the man's different sweating and anger-like moments. There are also a lot of mentions of death and different people who are seen or talked of in that sense. It sets up the reader to believe that the priest is going to end up wounded or dead and that the Lagosian would be a "bad guy." The surprise ending of the two men actually having very wrong thoughts on one another was an ending I would have never guessed but made the story more interesting and unique. I thought it was funny how the "gun" was actually nothing more than his handkerchief. While the stranger began as something that did nothing less than terrify the priest and keep him on edge, he ended up also being the one to bring him peace towards the end with the priest concluding with "as [his] passenger faded into the night, his laugh [was his] absolution."
coiffure - a style of arranging or combing the hair, a head covering; headdress
"The chef, sporting stretch jeans, a T-shirt, and a Grace Jones coiffure, is dancing for the crowd."
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