Plot-holes

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(25-01-2011 01:18 AM)Byatil Wrote:  Lucas-is-John killed Lucas-really-Lucas because Vaughn suggested he should, did he not? Vaughn handed Lucas-is-John the suitcase that was to blow up the embassy with Lucas-is-John thinking that he could trust him.

A fair recollection, but true only in the version of events told to Harry. Vaughan reminds / informs Lucas-is-John that it was, in fact, his own idea to off Lucas-really-Lucas AND that he knew full well the purpose of the package he carried into the embassy. As for being under the impression of being helped, I'd think someone as feckless and self-serving as Lucas-is-John wouldn't really be that fussed about the quality of his relationship with Vaughan, so long as there is a chance that Vaughan might change his mind about helping. Lucas-is-John is all about threats and opportunities. Once Vaughan witnesses the murder of Lucas-really-Lucas, he becomes a threat. Realistically, Lucas-is-John would not have left alive anyone who could identify him as not-Lucas.

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Wait! My tiny brain has stumbled upon a more accurate memory... In the version of events Lucas tells to Harry, doesn't he claim it was Vaughan who killed Lucas-really-Lucas? Vaughan, in reminding Lucas-is-John what a bad man he really was/is has that moment of amused resignation in the delirium of near-death, when he says, in response to Lucas-is-John's declaration that he has told Harry everything about what happened in Dakar: "You told him it was me."