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>18. I think this is most likely Lucia Berlin
>Looking up 'pinche' (Mexican-Spanish) however, pretty much confirmed this for me.
Correct. It's ‘Wait A Minute’, in ‘A Manual For Cleaning-Women’.

>25.
>Howandaland (or is it Howondaland?)
>Pratchett
For Pratchett aficionados, A CHARACTER WHO TALKS LIKE THIS is the biggest hint, I think.
>DW
Well, DW, yes, but which one? Perhaps unfair to ask for specifics with a fairly light author. It's RM. Near the end, when Death is shopping for the best possible gifts for a lady.